I received my online bra order fully open. — ​I wasn’t originally thinking of sharing something that happened to me a few days ago. But enough women are subjected to the same feelings of shame and discomfort daily, and it should never be on us to bear the brunt as we’re not the ones offending. Plus the more we…

This feature is underrated and so useful! — Last year, I became overwhelmed and super excited at the possibility of making money by blogging. The problem was, that I did not have experience in that kind of writing, and I was (still am) so desperate to learn and absorb everything I could to get better. Medium reading lists…

In defence of Zulie Rane’s idea to take Twitter. — Zulie Rane is one of the most beloved writers on Medium. She is well-known for her kindness towards helping new writers and for her beautiful and inspiring beliefs about how everyone that has a writing voice, should use it and make in turn the world better. But not only this…

What is it, why choose it, and what happens during one? — One of the most important things to decide early on during the early stages of wedding planning is what kind of ceremony you want to have. Humanist weddings are beautiful and highly tailored ceremonies; they are not religious, so they can be less traditional (if you choose to), and can…

Psychedelics, drugs, growing up… Alice and its many meanings. — When Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carrol) made up the stories in Alice in Wonderland to entertain the Liddell girls during a summer boat trip on the River Thames in Oxford in 1862, he couldn’t have imagined the literary revolution he was about to unleash. Over 150 years and several…

Please read for updated submission guidelines. — Greetings to all avid readers, curiouser and curiouser folk, wordsmiths and metaphorical treasure hunters! Here are the guidelines and inspiration for writing for this new publication in 2022, as well as how to apply as a contributor. It is a pleasure to present to you this new Medium publication, The…

They are the soul of the community. But they need our help. — Local libraries, school libraries, universities, museums, private collections, hospital libraries. At a certain point in our lives, we may be fortunate enough to have access to any or more than one of these. Depending on how lucky or unlucky we were with our social background and mobility. But there is…

A Manifesto. — To address the biggest challenge of several generations, we must look inward and understand ourselves. Become free of what we think we know. Be open-minded when presented with expert information, and humble to accept it. In a world of fake news and subjectivity, this is our only way to be…

How perfectly fine candidates are being pushed away. — Any copywriters (or teachers) reading? Good, you may relate. Any hirers? Better, you may learn something. This scene may be familiar to some writers: you explore online for writing jobs on Upwork, Fiverr, or any other platform and you come across a job that sounds worth sending a pitch for…