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Returning to Normal?

One step forward and ten steps back. That's exactly how I feel right now. Recent graduate, jobless and depressed. As many people return to what is considered 'normal', I'm trying to figure out what exactly normal is. A mixture of fear surrounding a global pandemic and generally being in a position that I can't quite fathom has made my mental health plummet. Not to mention being forced to isolate after spending years of doing that thanks to depression. It was like "Hey, you've been trying so hard to claw your way out of that hole, now go jump back into it." Moving into July, I'm feeling the full effects of lockdown as the country starts to reopen, again reminding me of just how wonderfully caring our government is (they're totally not putting profit before people, they would never do that!) I'm seeing celebrities jet off on holiday to beautiful countries, people going down the pubs with their mates. All I can think is, why aren'...

BOOK CLUB: June

Welcome to June's book club! This month, I have some hard-hitting but important books to share with you, along with a genre which is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me - romance. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just don't read it much these days. Enjoy and don't forget to keep an open mind. We should all be open to educating ourselves and learning different aspects of life. Learning isn't just for schools. Black Lives Matter: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race In honour of the Black Lives Matter movement and the important conversations and protests surrounding racism, I wanted to share an influential book I read back in my second year of university. This is a fantastic read that educates the reader without belittling them. I had no idea about the levels of racism in the UK before I read this book (not that I didn't think it existed before, I just didn't realise the true scale of it). Remi Eddo-Lodge gets her vi...