Little Miss Rendell

Hello lovelies. Yes today I'm talking about that dreaded but highly discussed topic, President Donald Trump. Even as I write this now I still cannot believe that he is the President. One the most important and powerful men in the world, it baffles me. But here we are one month on from his inauguration and what a month it has been. I say that in the most negative way possible. I studied History at A level and one topic we looked at was the progress in America; the women's movement, African American progress and the rights of Americans. I feel as though we've transported back to the late 19th/early 20th century with the changes that Trump has implemented since Obama's departure. It is as though Obama was never President. This great change in history for America, this great progression of having a black President has come crumbling down with the introduction of Trump. Let's run through the last month. We begin, of course, with the powerful worldwide women's march...

Hello lovelies. If you read my last blog post you'll know that I have anxiety, I've never been to see a doctor about it so I'm not diagnosed with it but it is what I identify with. This isn't a post to make anyone feel sorry for me or to get attention, I just wanted to tell my story. One of the major things that I have issue with is paranoia. A key example is the last sentence of my introduction to this post. I was so afraid and paranoid that anyone reading this, people I know or people I don't, would think badly of me for writing this that I had to justify myself. This occurs all the time in my life. In social situations if two people have a conversation by me and I'm not included I'll think that I've done something wrong for them not to include me. Or if I'm in my room at Uni and I hear some of my friends laughing together and I'm not there to join in I'll feel like they don't like me as I'm not included. I know this may sound sil...

Hello lovelies, it's quite topical that my last post was about sexual abuse and violence awareness week as this week we're talking all things Fifty Shades Darker. This movie was supposed to show a transformation in Ana and Christian's relationship as, at the end of the last film, Ana left christian due to his strange pleasure he got from abusing her. So I believe many critics were expecting a film they could focus on as an artistic piece or a run of the mill romantic movie but Fifty Shades once again demonstrated many abusive tropes. Before we dive into the nitty gritty I'll start off with what was good about it. The only good thing about this movie for me were the actors who played Leila and Jack. We'll start with Leila played by Bella Heathcote. This character, who gets less airtime in the movie than she does in the books, makes a great portrayal of Christian's deranged ex sub. Her accent is believeable (the actress is an Austrailian actress) and she doe...

Hello lovelies. This week is sexual abuse and violence awareness week and this is what this weeks blog post is going to be about. The reason as to why this week is so important is that sexual abuse/violence victims often feel as though they cannot speak out about there ordeals and by raising awareness and sharing these ordeals with people who have gone through the same experiences as you can help and support the victims of this assault. I took a survey for an online social newspaper at my uni and it was from here that I got my inspiration for this post. One of the questions was 'have you ever felt sexually assaulted in a nightclub?' and I answered yes to this question. It happened in Jesters (a club in Southampton), I was wearing a skirt, I was on the dance floor. Just a note, in Jesters, when the dance floor is busy it feels as though you're being pushed around rather than dancing because of how many people are crammed onto it. So I was dancing (being pushed) and the per...