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Is Tik Tok the New Tumblr?: Advocating for Mental Health, While Encouraging Mental Illness

TW: Discussion of restricted eating, eating disorders, self-injury, and mental illness Teenage life in this day and age can be defined by a number of things; vapes, existential dread, unfortunate…

The problem with mental health awareness

Without expanding the discussion, mental health awareness will remain the charitable endeavour of the privileged. The organisations who are asking urgent questions about structural and social determinants are few and…

The culture of emotions

How does society affect the way that we feel and perceive the world? Within this article we attempt to challenge the root of emotionality and social pressures. I can’t imagine…

An immersive journey of self-discovery (Featuring David Bowie) – From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Review

Adrian Berry’s From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a moving and immersive journey of self-discovery aided by the music of rock legend David Bowie. Sole actor Alex Walton captivates…

We need to talk about depression and suicide

It has been more than ten years since I first started suffering from depression, when I was first engulfed by the ‘black cloud’. After having my self-esteem ripped away by…