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Sustainable fashion isn’t just one thing. It’s not just a 100% organic, fairtrade dress. It’s a way of being more conscious of the clothes in your wardrobe, shopping selectively and choosing to be more slow in your fashion choices while…

For those of us not in a position to indulge in ski holidays or luxury pilgrimages to the Caribbean sun, let us instead take a holiday from being so tough on ourselves this New Years and pursue a more forgiving mantra of new year, kinder…

Some names have been changed to protect privacy. I sat at the bar waiting for Bru twenty minutes past the time we had agreed to meet.  When he did arrive,  I recognised his spiky black hair from his photos.  It was a strained date.  He…

Roommates are a mixed blessing, most of the time. If you’re living in a dorm, hopefully you’re assigned to someone who’s a decent match for you. If you’re on your own and paying rent, you may end up living with a coworker, classmate or some…

Do you like connecting with people?  Finding out what your friends from school are up to these days? Sharing funny images and random thoughts that lead to chit chat? Me too. At least, this is what I used to like back in 2008, when…

Let me tell you a bit about how I flirt. Come on, we can have a laugh and later, I can have a cry. I know how to flirt. I do. At least, I know what flirting is. It’s about eye contact, open body language and, if the Cosmo article I read…

They tell you that Christmas phobia is like a holiday phobia that stems from ‘some early childhood Christmas related trauma’ but your early childhood Christmases were fine. They were better than fine, they were idyllic, magical, wondrous…

When I first touched down in China, I was struck by several things - the heat, the driving, the amazingly cheap food, and the efficiency of the cities. But the one thing that continues to baffle me as I slowly become habituated to my new…

The following insights for this article have been provided by New York City-based reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Carly Snyder, who offers comprehensive reproductive psychiatry & women's mental health services.  Childbirth and the…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Transitioning is never easy but, having lived in both male and (now) female roles, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some…