Living in Arcadia
As it happens, Alopecia is much harder to write about than I’d thought. Don’t let my ultra-personal blogs deceive you: I hate opening up. It’s not that I prefer secrecy – if that were the case, I’d be writing exclusively about my love for pop culture under an ignominious pseudonym. No, my problem is that, [...]
Monday 12th March, 2018. Feeling overwhelmed. Pre-warning: usually I try to censor myself on here, but some things need to be said with certain... diction. This one gets quite deep. Sorry. As the bald patch continues to consume the crown of my head, I seem to have found myself trapped in an alternate [...]
I was recently talking to an inspiration of mine about the importance of awareness. The world is so ignorant, no matter how much we'd insist otherwise. Why else would campaigns like #TimesUp and #BlackLivesMatter be so necessary? Why else would #TimesUp and #BlackLivesMatter be so criticised? We could all use a little education in something, [...]
After an exhausting day of doing nothing, I poured myself a skinny latte and scrolled through everybody's favorite social media ranting site. I've always considered Twitter a place of comfort, a safe space. My team of followers may ignore 99.9% of my tweets, but to me, they are family. I support them, and when it [...]
Alopecia Areata. Read it, repeat it, remember it - because 2% of the entire population is at risk of developing it. Now, I know that number seems small, but if you put in into perspective that's approximately 152,000,000 people. And, if you're still thinking that it will never effect you, then think again. My name [...]
Dua Lipa, The second you walked off that stage, the penny dropped. I had to write about this show. The question is: how? Any true fan of yours has seen the pictures and videos circulating the internet. Every show you perform is sheer mastery. So, what could I possibly say in a blog that the [...]
This time last year, I was nobody. Of course, that’s not entirely true. I was getting by, so to speak, minding my own business whilst coasting along in my own little fantasy world. Think of a cloud: drifting way up in the sky, no anchors or weights holding it in one place. Gravity is [...]
