Transactional relationships

“There is a boy out there who knows how to floss because my friend taught him. Now he kisses college girls with fresh breath. A boy married to my friend who doesn’t know how to pack his own suitcase. She “likes to do it for him.” A million boys who know how to touch a

Why the world needs philosophers (and people interested in any subject really)

I’m not entirely sure why, but in one of my friendship groups, we’ve really adopted the phrase “women in STEM” as a response to anything that women do. This is met with nods of the head, and an echoing “women in STEM” in return. Regardless of how good or bad the action is, or how

Be more Winnie-the-Pooh

I was first introduced to Taoism (Daoism – they are the same, just different ways of spelling the same word) through a pandemic philosophy project. It’s an Eastern philosophy that seems to have originated in China alongside and almost in reaction to Confucianism. Perhaps, at this point, you’re seeing there are lots of unfamiliar words

I don’t care that much about being beautiful?

Somehow, this year I ended up in a conversation, entirely in Italian, where I was told I was beautiful and my eyes were the colour of a swimming pool. I replied, saying (in poor Italian) that usually I get told my eyes are grey. In any case, my eyes were definitely not the colour of

Existential Joy?!?!

For some reason, the philosophy department at my university thought it would be fitting to schedule the weekly ‘Existentialism’ lectures in first year for 9 am on a Monday morning. This nicely prepared me and most of the group to spend the entire week reflecting on the question of “what’s the point of life?” before

Plato

Having recently attended the graduation ceremony for my degree in Philosophy, it’s high time Plato got some coverage on this blog. I might say that Plato started it all, setting me on a path of Philosophy that continues to shape my thinking and perspective of the world. Certainly, his words and ideas have informed the

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Without Good or Bad

Probably at some point in my philosophy degree, I came across the concept of amoralism. This is the idea that someone or something can be outside of morals, thus no longer subject to being labelled as moral or immoral for their actions, opinions and behaviours. This concept has fascinated me since, particularly how it may

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Celebrity

Kim Kardashian’s latest move in fashion seems to be ‘all in one’. Whether it’s shoes that are integrated into her leggings, catsuits with gloves attached, or the morph suit “but make it fashion” that made its way to the MET gala, I can confidently say it’s a style choice few of us would be bold

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Messy Twenties III

Back in May, I asked people to take part in a questionnaire I made, concerning the perception and reality of being in your twenties. Due to far more responses than I ever anticipated, this led to an in-depth document analysing the results, whilst referencing how media had portrayed it to me. As 3832 words is

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New year, new me

I’m writing this post just before my birthday, although by the time the world gets to see it, my birthday will have passed. As someone who loves to reflect (is this just distracting me from the present? How much nostalgia is healthy?) there is nothing like a birthday to make you think. In the past,