Little Miss Rendell

Hello lovelies, the topic I want to speak about in this post is that of the womens march that took place across the world on the 21st January. To start I want to state that I am a feminist, not the man hating ideal that people believe feminism to be, but one of equality between men and women. This needs to be abundantly clear as critics such as Katie Hopkins have labelled the individuals who marched as 'man haters' but on the contrary they were all just showing their love for women and emphasising the need for equality. An event that would have spurred many citizens, especially Americans, to march was Donald Trumps inauguration that happened a day previously to the march. The reason for this is on many occasions Trump has belittled females, we can all remember his 'grab them by the pussy' remark. But what emphasised the need for this march and, what will silence its critics, is the changes Donald Trump has made in America today. He has reinstated the gag rule of all U...

Hello lovelies. 4 years is a long time. 4 years ago I was just about to turn 16, from then until now I think I have grown up and shaped myself into the person I am today. This I have done without my brother, my once best friend, who hasn't spoken to me in 4 years. I'm not going to explain why, you can go back and read about that in my previous blog posts, I just wanted to post somewhere as a source for my pain. I don't even know if that's the right word, pain? It was painful at the time it happened but now I have kind of moved on the word to describe the way I feel escapes me. I think the hardest part is going through so many things and not being able to share it with him. All of my results days, moving away from home and going uni, my first heartbreak, all of that I have had to do without him. I was about to type alone but I haven't been alone, I have my parents, my friends and my boyfriend but there's something a little different about having your sibling ...

Hello lovelies. If you are my friend on Facebook then you will know that I have recently became a blogger for a company called 'University cribs'. This is so exciting for me because all I've wanted to do since I was 13 was to become a journalist and being able to write for a company that has thousands of readers is amazing. This opportunity came to me through my friend Ashlea, the company were advertising for student bloggers and as I write this blog Ashlea tagged me in the post and got all of this rolling. I suppose the reason that I'm writing this post is to kind of inspire some of you who are thinking of starting a blog but haven't built the confidence too yet. I started writing my blog nearly two years ago now. The reason that I started it was that I write for a local magazine in Melksham, I've been doing that for 3 years, and I'm the kids columnist. This means that I don't get to write about what I want to as children don't really want to know...

Anger. A feeling I have on a daily basis, you know that feeling you get when you're about to explode because you're so angry? The bubbling knot you have in your stomach? I wake up with that feeling everyday, most days. This might be because I keep my feelings to myself most of the time. So if something annoys me I keep it to myself, bury it and then just push more hurt and anger on top of it. I do this for two reasons. The first is that I'm a people pleaser, I hate it when people don't like me I have a chronic need for people to like me. The second is that people won't think my feelings are valid. For example the other day I got annoyed and spoke to my friends about it. Instead of being in my side or at least comforting me they labelled it a 'miscommunication' and disagreed with everything that I said. Yes, if I am being over the top maybe suggest I could be misconstruing things, but at least acknowledge the way that I'm feeling. This is why I keep thin...

Donald Trump is now the 45th president to be elected. Yep you just read that correctly. The sexist, racist bigot is now in charge of one of the most influential countries in the world. The question that I want Americans to answer is how could they back track so much? They had just elected their first black president, for two terms, and now they have elected the most misinformed politician we've ever seen. I thing that confuses me the most is how could any woman vote for Trump after he made sexist comments such as 'grab her by the pussy'. He responded when this was leaked by saying it was locker room banter. This isn't the case, it's disrespect to all females, the fact that he thinks it's okay to treat females in this manner is disgusting. The young girls of America now have this man as a leader and role model. Of course in the run up to the vote Trump said some outrageous things, such as building a wall on the border of Mexico, to appeal to the radicals t...

Hello lovelies! Last week I went to the cinema with some friends and watched the new psychological thriller 'The girl on the train'. This is an adaptation from the book written by Paula Hawkins and stars Emily Blunt as the protagonist Rachel Watson. We will start with the performance of Emily Blunt. She portrays an alcoholic who suffers with memory loss after drinking too heavily. She tries to piece together the night a woman went missing in order to give her life purpose. I really liked Emily in this role. Usually I am not a fan of her acting, for example in 'The Huntsman- Winter's War' I found her portrayal very stiff and restricting, but in this role she seemed to flourish and embrace the character. She is really haunting at times and throughout the movie the audience are unsure as to whether they should be rooting for this character or be against her which I think is a result of Emily's edgy portrayal. There are many other supporting characters in this...

Hello Lovelies! This week I thought I'd do a more personal post instead of the general topics. I came across a photo on Facebook recently (shown below) and this is what this post is inspired by. Over the summer I hit my lowest point, even lower than when my brother walked out 4 years ago, it wasn't a great time for me for a number of reasons. Me and my friends, who I'd been friends with for years, grew apart and now we don't speak. This is a natural part of life and there are no bad feelings between us but it was a bit shit at the time. Then my brother reached out to me and said he wanted to speak to me, I was a little nervous to let him in again ( which is understandable if you know our history) but I said that it would be good to build a relationship again. We bumped into each other at our local pub and it was if the last 4 years hadn't happened, it was so nice to have him back. Then a few weeks later he messaged my mum inviting her and my dad round his house...