He was staring right at me. His piercing eyes slightly intimidated me, but there was something intriguing about him. When he came walking towards me my heart skipped a beat. What did he want? Why […]
‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’ An old adage we all know well and are quite likely to have used ourselves. There has been much written about the tone argument […]
From the late 18th century right up until 1996, Ireland and parts of the UK had various institutions run by the Roman Catholic Church, known as the Magdalene laundries or asylums. They were run to house […]
When peer tutoring a special needs class was accidentally put on my high school schedule, I didn’t know what to expect. The only interactions I had previously had with that class were passing them in the […]
I don’t understand people’s need to insist, “I’m still the same person I was before” or “I’m not gonna change”. Why on earth would somebody want to stay the same as they always have for […]
In 2014, UKIE published data that shocked many: women make up 48% of UK gamers. There was no doubt that females were dominating social and mobile gaming, with Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds and Farmville […]
Teenage me went to school went to a very white school; a school that her mother fought hard to get her into. It was an outstanding school academically. Teenage me was the only black girl […]
Did you know there’s a biannual fair in London to promote weapons, and even instruments of torture? No? Most people are not aware of this event, despite its scale. It attracts global organisations and world […]
Before I start this article, I’d like to point out that I am an avid user of Tumblr and a huge fan of its simplicity, sense of community and creative influence. As much as I […]
Humans are social creatures. We congregate in groups; it’s natural, therefore it follows that we must have some sort of social order that allows us to function. It’s 2015. We live in a free society, […]
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