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Scotland based writer + student journalist. feminist + death-positive af.

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New Brig Newspaper article on the ethics of large age-gap relationships in light of DiCaprio’s alleged new girlfriend.

“Considering that the beauty standard revolves around youth, it’s not a surprise that the wealthiest and most admirable in society abuse their power in order to obtain younger, more ‘attractive’ partners.”

Do people who date those younger than them simply not realise that they possess experience yards beyond their partner, or is that the appeal

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Poe to Pastel: The Evolution of Goth Makeup and Fashion

A timeline of goth makeup and fashion from the subculture’s early roots to modern day.

Check out my new article for Midway, ‘Poe to Pastel: The Evolution of Goth Makeup and Fashion’

“There exists, within goth, different genres of style. Looks are as diverse as the individuals who make up the community. What runs true through most, if not all, people who label themselves as goth is an appreciation for the associated genres of music and the darker aspects of life.”

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Turning Pain Into Poetry: C.L Phillips on her debut anthology, "Pique Ennui"

Pique Ennui is C.L Phillip’s debut poetry collection. The anthology, released in early August of this year, is a collection of pieces inspir

I interviewed Chloe Richardson on her debut anthology ‘Pique | Ennui’, a poetry book which serves to deconstruct the glamorization of trauma and express the authors feelings about her own personal struggles.

The book is available on Amazon, retailing at £5.99

“Richardson’s descriptive technique is unlike other poets’. The imagery is dark, often vulgar, and completely captivating. Throughout this, she retains a distinct self-awareness which allows for a deep connection between the reader and the subject of her writings.

She told Keke, ‘The entire anthology serves as a deconstruction of the glamorisation of trauma. Romanticised notions of the damsel in distress are forbidden here. Instead, you see that a woman scorned and the ashes that fall from her mouth cannot be pretty.’”

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Why did nobody tell me how stressful flat hunting was? 😴

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Give me prompt and I’ll write a short story with you as the protagonist.

Starts with a newspaper report + ends in the graveyard ⚰️

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Workin’ on some blog stuff - tell me about your current project

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“Question the things that you’ve dismissed simply because it is popular with young women, and challenge the sexist beliefs of those around you. To raise empowered young women, we cannot allow them to grow up in a world that is constantly telling them that they don’t know what they’re talking about.”

New article on the roots of the dismissal of teen girl’s interests.

Why do we mock young women’s interests?

Deanna Dawn discusses the reasons behind the invalidation of young women’s interests, and the impact this could have.

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Please interact if you’re a writer, journalist, blogger, studyblr, author, poet - anything along those lines. I need folk to follow 📰🖋

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‘Countdown Culture’: Why The Sexualisation Of Young Stars Is So Harmful

Deanna Dawn discusses “countdown culture”and the harmful sexualisation of young celebrities.

What is ‘countdown culture’ and why is it harmful? My latest article for Cordelia discusses the problematic nature of the countdown until celebs turn 18.

“Where can we comfortably distinguish between a child star and an adult celebrity whom it is ‘acceptable’ to sexualise? It seems unlikely that the answer to this question is the exact second that they turn eighteen.”

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"The industrialized world has established systems to prevent such unsavory encounters with the dead. At this very moment, corpses motor down highways and interstates in unmarked white vans like the one driven by Chris. Bodies crisscross the globe in the cargo holds of airplanes while vacationing passengers travel above. We have put the dead beneath. Not just underground, but under the tops of fake hospital stretchers, within the bellies of our aircraft, and in the recesses of our consciousness. It is only when the systems are subverted that we even realize they are there.”

- Caitlin Doughty, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory".