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book reviewer. writer. phd student.
As it has been my first week out of placement, I haven't read all that many books (but ask me how many videos I've binged watched about BTS *insert jungkookย gif here*). But I have managed to find the motivation between lazing around and basking in the knowledge that I have absolutely nothing due, to finally [...]
Last year, I made a mission to read all the poetry collections that I could get my hands on (and that I could afford) after I spontaneously picked up Rupi Kaur'sย Milk and Honey and fell in absolute and overwhelming love. So I thought, in the spirit of upcoming holidays, how about I write a list [...]
Fellow friends and other dudes, I just wanted to apologise for not being as active as usual on the ol' blog, I have just finished placement so I am hoping to be posting three times a week as usual (but like give me another week to get back into the groove please)! I have already [...]
she was driving when I looked over from the passenger seat. one hand on the wheel, the other adding emphasis to her words a telling symptom of her greekness. like a meteor shredding through earthโs atmosphere smashing into earthโs plains and distorting the landscape, i was suddenly and inexplicably hit by the mortality of the [...]
nothing it seems will fill the gaping hole of my soul. you mistaken pain grief loneliness you mistaken the rupturing of my self as easy fucking access to the shell i leave behind. -ย go fuck yourself, mate.
I wonโt let myself be broken down, shattered shards of a deconstructed self. I wonโt let myself break under the weight of worlds bearing down on my shoulders. But I know one thing. Iโm not like you. You, who refuses to live in the present but picks at the scars of the past. You, who [...]
is it too much to ask for consent. is it too emasculating for him to even consider a no. a stop. a donโt touch me. (victim blaming) shaming slut. whore. She asked for it, they say. But she wasnโt asked anything It was taken Stolen. Why do we ignore him? Why isnโt he held accountable? [...]
beauty is a construct. it forces, enforces, standards of beauty to conform to an institutionalisation of individual suppression. you are unique. you are the only you in existence. be you without fear, rebel against the authority which deigns to speak about the wonderment of your face. - because you are beautiful, love.
Recently, I've been thinking of possibly adding an 'education' series on my blog. Like, posts talking about the conferences I've been to, the learning that I'm currently doing, etc. If I haven't already told y'all, I'm a pre-service teacher! So, I felt like maybe I should do mini posts that talk about issues in education, [...]
you were watching the stars waiting for your dreams. you were dreaming of life, a life of awe, of wonder. Bathed in moonlight's dust, he saw you reach, but never having, never owning life. your dreams. the stars. you never saw him. but he watched you watch the stars. dreaming, wanting, longing, for you. [...]
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