Are We Making Ourselves Happy or Fulfilling Societal Expectations?

Are We Making Ourselves Happy or Fulfilling Societal Expectations?

Job, marriage, mortgage, kids; are these the expectations that narrate our reality? What makes you happy? We're constantly on a hamster wheel day in, day out. Sure, our life sequence is quite repetitive and may not be uplifting, but we've become so engrossed into what we should do and fulfil, the mass and materialistic consumption, [...]

In 2023, Are Women Sexually Objectified More Than Ever?

In 2023, Are Women Sexually Objectified More Than Ever?

Womens liberation and rights, yet I have a rape alarm sitting in my back pocket. Why are women being sexualised more than ever? Day to day, it's hard to escape it. Skirt short or long? Shirt fully buttoned or first few undone? Makeup or natural? Long hair or buzzcut? Heels or trainers? It's not about [...]

What’s Mine Is Yours.

What’s Mine Is Yours.

Time gone, still sore. Will I be me again; distance evermore. Paralysis, held up by a crutch, Inhale, feels too much. The density is greater than you could imagine, Half, perished for good, I’d go back, if only you would. Loss, I’m sure you knew, I’d cease my life, just to see you. -- Antonia [...]

Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching | Mental Health Awareness Week.

Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching | Mental Health Awareness Week.

Happiness, how is that measured? How can we tell emotions apart? I need to cry to display sadness, right? (trigger warning) I look back at all my childhood photos. Having trouble pinpointing when the change happened. As all I see is the picture of happiness, or what I depict that to be. But away from [...]