The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a widely acclaimed novel set in early 1900s rural Georgia. The book has been turned into a film and musical and is widely beloved while also being somewhat controversial. However, I believe there are a few lessons that can be learnt from the novel about telling history in its entirety and the importance...
Many black people, Asian people and other people of colour (POC) have experienced a sense of isolation and discrimination at some point in their life, especially those growing up in predominantly white areas. With many changing their haircuts and what they wear in order to fit in and be like everyone else, one thing that POC can never change is...
With cosmetic surgery on the rise, and intense medical procedures becoming the norm as body standards become increasingly unrealistic, the true physical toll of these surgeries is often overlooked as their popularity grows.
Growing up I never felt beautiful. My scraggly dark curls somehow always looked messy and untidy in comparison to the bright blonde locks of stars such as Cameron Diaz or Blake Lively, all of whom the media deemed as the 'most perfect women' in Hollywood. My teeth were so crooked and separated, they may as well have existed in different...
We use cosmetics on a daily basis, from shampoo and conditioner to face cream, the cosmetics industry is a thriving market that is constantly being added to. However, many companies still test their products on animals to experiment what is unharmful to humans and benefits our bodies. We use animals that are genetically close to humans in order to...
Today we are here to talk about a consistent but overlooked topic: Cosmetic Surgery. How we are led to it by our society including the people we look up to currently meanwhile looking for validation.
For a lot of religious people, they believe that the earth was created in a different way to how scientists believe- the earth was created by a God. People with faith have lots of different theories and explanations as to how and why this is the case, such as proving Gods existence or attributes or even because for them it...
Being able to communicate with each other is a skill often taken for granted. Take going abroad for example. With 62% of Brits only speaking English, many have an expectation that others will be able to speak our language, however, when this is not the case, we are left miming and shouting and pointing, all to no avail. This situation...
The Victorian era introduced so much history, literature and culture into our lives, and so many of its ideals remained an integral part of society until not that long ago. From Bram Stoker's iconic vampiric tale of Draculato Acts that set to further separate women from their rights, Victorian ideas surrounding women, femininity and sexuality were...
The coronavirus disease (covid-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and was reported to the World Health Organizer (WHO) by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. Since then this virus has been spreading and dominating many parts of the world, leaving no choice but for the whole world to be put in lockdown. Scientists have...
When we are small, we are presented with a diagram of a family. A man, a woman and two children. When I peered up at the towering toilet door entrance, I saw a great cartoon woman- characterised by a long skirt. A symbol of femininity. Children's books taught me rigid gender definitions- 'lettuce' the bunny rabbit ballerina who loves picnics...
