"It's like watching Paris from an express caboose heading in the opposite direction - every second the city gets smaller and smaller, only you feel it's really you getting smaller and smaller and lonelier and lonelier, rushing away from all those lights and that excitement at about a million miles an hour." - Sylvia Plath,... Continue Reading →
"PHOEBE: Look, no matter what I tried to do, I couldn’t keep you out of my life. Of all the people I have cut out, you were the only one who ever clawed her way back in. MONICA: It’s because I’m scrappy. PHOEBE: Yeah, you are. And I’m so glad that you fought your way... Continue Reading →
"Television reflects the real-life world, and today that includes LGBTQ youth who deserve to see their lives depicted on their favourite shows. Disney has been a leader in LGBTQ inclusion, and there are so many young people who will be excited to see Cyrus' story unfold." - Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of GLAAD. Bit of... Continue Reading →
"We made a deal ages ago. Men, babies, it doesn't matter. We're soulmates." - Kim Catrall as Samantha Jones, SATC. Now we have the Samantha to My Carrie - Lindsay Pulsford. Lindsay has been one of our original four since the age of about five. She is the intelligent one of our group and yet... Continue Reading →
"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." - William Shakespeare. I’ve been to Italy a number of times now; once to Milan during an inter-railing trip with friends when I was younger and once... Continue Reading →
"It takes no compromise to give people their rights... it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression." - Harvey Milk. HAPPY COMING OUT DAY! As well as being 'International Day of the Girl' today was also 'Coming Out Day... Continue Reading →
"She wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword." - Atticus. Today, Wednesday 11th October, is 'International Day of the Girl' a day in which we celebrate the empowerment of young girls everywhere. There are roughly 1.1 billion girls in the world at present who are subject to varying states of wellbeing.... Continue Reading →
"Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them." - Dick Francis. Áine is one of "The Originals" as we call it in our large group of friends; myself, herself, Jess and Lindsay have been friends for 20-odd years and as far as we are concerned that will never change. We... Continue Reading →
"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live." - Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers. Ned is my boy. He is the Bert to My Ernie, the C3PO to R2-D2 and finally, the Jack to my Will. When we first met I was in my first year at Secondary... Continue Reading →
"Recognise that every interaction you have is an opportunity to make positive impact on others." - Shep Hyken. Inspiration is something that drives people every day, without it would we even bother to complete minuscule tasks or fulfil our wildest dreams? As part of this exercise I will be asking some of my nearest and... Continue Reading →
An Irish boy in HUNderland 