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My thoughts: Men and #MeToo

By Charlea - Friday, November 23, 2018
I don't really know how to start this blog. Until now I've purposefully avoided writing anything about feminism and women's rights – not because I don't believe in them, but because I'm constantly educating myself about the many, complex issues that exist in these spaces and still navigating how I feel about them as a young woman myself. But much like many other...

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Things that may or may not happen during your first year in London

By Charlea - Friday, April 27, 2018
You will spend a Thursday night in The Folly, which one of your friends has convinced you is a "good venue for a chilled glass of wine". You'll subsequently spend your evening fending off attention from suits possibly twice your age, who are trying to buy you martinis. After two (four) wines, you will dutifully accept a free martini, reel off a few...

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Motherless daughtering 3.5 years on

By Charlea - Friday, February 02, 2018
...or in other words, grieving: almost four years on. I haven't let this topic surface for a really long time, for so many different reasons. The last three years frankly have been a whirlwind. I've made some of the biggest personal, professional and mental developments of my life yet. Which can totally be expected from someone in their early to mid 20s, but...

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