"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." ~ Audre Lorde Self care, previously known as being nice to and doing nice things for yourself, is greatly stressed as being important in managing mental illness but it's actually pretty important for everybody. We… Continue reading Self Care: 15 Suggestions
(Image via Planned Parenthood: How To Use Menstrual Products Superpost) “Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.” ~ Paracelsus So, I had a conversation the other day with the lovely Karina about menstrual products and how applicator tampons aren't really a thing where she lives in Germany, while they're pretty commonplace here in the UK. Midway through this conversation… Continue reading Ever Wondered How Everyone Else Deals With Their Period?
"It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age." ~ Amanda Seyfried I'm nowhere near as anxious now as I was for the first, oo, maybe thirty years of my life; when I was walking around with a permanent knot of fear in my stomach… Continue reading 5 Lies My Anxiety Told Me
“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson Okay, so another new year has just started and everyone's talking about new year's resolutions. Which is fine. I'm not here to be a snarky hipster and hate on the very idea of making resolutions or scheduling… Continue reading Now Is The Worst Time For Making Resolutions
(Getty Images) “Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state, defines you is agony indeed.” ~ Sally Brampton Some time earlier this year, I can't remember exactly when, around the time that Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed his plane, I decided that I… Continue reading Start A Conversation Today
“Keep your language. Love its sounds, its modulation, its rhythm. But try to march together with men of different languages, remote from your own, who wish like you for a more just and human world.” ~ Hélder Câmara I want to talk about multiculturalism. It's been in the news a lot lately, what with the… Continue reading Multiculturalism Is Not An Experiment
"I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy." ~ Sandra Brown Sarah asked me to write a thing about staying calm under pressure. Apart from being her boyfriend and thus physically closest to her, why me? I'm an anaesthetic and critical care doctor. I have lost count of the number of cardiac arrests and… Continue reading How To Stay Calm Under Pressure by Raj AC
"So what's the best way, in day-to-day life, to establish what someone likes? Well, we fucking ask them." ~ Cordelia Fine So, following a discussion I recently had on Facebook, prompted by this Ravishly article around practicing consent as a heterosexual woman, I agreed to write my thoughts on the subject of women and consent.… Continue reading Consent: Also For Women
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck On Thursday while I was at work I ate a sausage sandwich for breakfast, some chorizo and tomato soup and a chocolate bar for lunch, and a packet of ready salted crisps later in the afternoon.… Continue reading Gotta Eat To Live
(Image Credit: Jay Morrison) “Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of male and female being, refusing to privilege one over the other. The soul of feminist politics is the commitment to ending patriarchal domination of women and men, girls and boys. Love cannot exist in any relationship… Continue reading I Used To Be A Bad Feminist…
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