There are two types of confidence, one that repels and one that attracts — The cursor blinks on my screen, the steam has long since stopped rising from my cup of tea and if I don’t show signs of life soon my neighbour who walked past my window an hour ago may return and think me a mannequin. While my surface is still, my…

Has the time come to censor what is classed as ‘entertainment’? — When I heard Amanda Palmer and Reb Fountain’s mash-up of “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke and “Rape Me” by Nirvana I was stunned into silence. It is raw, cathartic, and deeply revealing about the music we currently call popular, but who were these women? Amanda Palmer is a performance artist…

There’s a society-wide abusive relationship. Let’s end it. — I’ve been stuck in a loop, thinking about the changes that haven’t quite happened. The movements that rise and fall, again and again, gathering momentum as the public voice swells, only to fizzle out like a birthday balloon with a tiny hole. It mirrors an abusive relationship but it’s almost…

‘My Dark Vanessa’ explores the ‘How’ and ‘Why’, and most of all, ‘are we complicit’? — I didn’t want to read this book, I would never have picked it for myself. That’s the trouble with a book club and a bestseller list. While ‘My Dark Vanessa’ is not a book you can ‘enjoy’, there is no denying the brilliance of the writing. It takes a special…