Question, what do you see when you look at this picture? There’s only one word that comes to our minds, and its FIERCE! By posting this photo earlier today, Demi Lovato says that she has conquered “biggest fear” by showing her fans what she looks like without Photoshop. “This is my biggest fear. A photo
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Does this face look familiar? Meet Ruth Bader Ginsburg, AKA The Notorious RBG. RBG is an American lawyer, and one of 8 judges that sit on the US Supreme Court (the highest court in the US). When she was appointed in 1993, Ruth was only the 2nd ever woman to be given the title. She
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Honesty. As a child, we are taught that being honest is one of the most important things we can be. But what is honesty? For me, it’s being open about my experiences and sharing my stories as truthfully as I can. Learning to be open and honest is hard work. This month, I finished up counselling, after spending a
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Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr Seuss, is one of the best known children’s writers of all time. Born March 2nd, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, he published over 46 books, and created timeless characters including The Grinch, The Lorax, and The Cat In The Hat. While a lot of his writings sound like lovely
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Its all looking a bit grim at the moment. The rain forests are burning, the weather has gone crazy, and its all very worrying. As if us young people don’t have enough to worry about, now we can add eco-anxiety to the list. Sometimes it all feels a little too much. What can we do?
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Did you know that July was Minority Mental Health Awareness Month? Here, Blessing Dada explains why MMHAM is so important to her… Bebe Moore Campbell was a leading African American journalist, novelist, and a national spokesperson for individuals and families affected by mental illness in the United States. She was also one of the founding members
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If there’s one word you should add to your vocabulary, it’s ‘yet’. ‘Yet’ turns give up sentences into goals. See for yourself. Instead of “I don’t know how to speak French” “I can’t do fishtail plaits” “I don’t understand algebra” Say I don’t know how to speak French… yet“ “I can’t do fishtail plaits…. yet”
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Festival Season is in full swing, and you can’t swing a cat around Ireland ATM without hitting an amazing event, from ATN to Longitude, and the big-daddy, Electric picnic. There has been some controversy this year with many artists including Lilly Allen and DJ Annie Mac calling organisers out for not featuring a balance of
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LEGO is brilliant. We’ve spent many a Christmas Day putting together a Lego princess castle or a Star Wars Death Star. Generally, they are pretty good at the oul diversity, but recently, they let it slip, and were caught rotten by a four year old. The girl, who is the daughter of British actor Samuel
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Instagram likes are gone, but is that really a good thing? My guess is probably yes. I for one, love Instagram, and I also love- you guessed it- attention on social media. Don’t we all? Instagram can be a wonderful way to share pictures, updates, statuses, business ventures or share ideas, creativity or information. But
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The truth hurts honey! Much as our friends and family tell us we are wonderful perfect humans, the truth is that many of us could do with hearing a little home truth every now and again. When thinking about who you are, the type of person you want to become and how you want people
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Over 27 years ago Oprah conducted an experiment about racism with her audience that was so powerful, its still being talked about today. As the Oprah team ushered the 300 audience members into the studio, they secretely divided them into two groups based on their eye colour. Those with blue eyes were put into one
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My love you could make your life so beautiful. Its very simple. A cup of tea in your pyjamas outside every morning. Cover your walls in art work. Go down to the river as often as you can. Keep your room clean and make sure you have lots of candles lighting. Throw away anything that
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They said podcasts would never become a thing. They were wrong. Podcasts are brilliant. They are free, they are portable, and they provide you with everything you need from information, advice, entertainment and education. There are approximately 545,456,534 podcasts our there so finding them is not the problem, its wading through the mediocre ones to
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Last week, Beyoncé blessed us with her new album “The Lion King: The Gift”, and for a hot minute we thought “Spirit” was going to be the breakout hit. Over the past few days, however, “Brown Skin Girl” seems to have caused quite the frenzy on the internet, and rightly so. The song, which features
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As girls, it feels like we are pre-conditioned to be incredibly hard on ourselves. The pressure to be better is exhausting, and we are bombarded with thousands of images every day of people whose relationships, jobs, homes and bodies are “perfect”. Instagram is a great way to keep up with the world around us, but
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We all learn algebra in school, and some of us wonder what use it serves for our life. Pythagoras’ theorem is cute, sure, but when will we ever actually need it? Well, here’s an equation which we think actually holds the key to life. E + R = O There it is! Simple really. Here’s
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If you’re a fan of music, a fan of emotions and a fan of diversity and inclusion, you’re probably already half way through the six seasons of Glee which landed on Netflix recently. The TV show, which launched in 2009 really changed the face of TV in terms of representation, and some of the musical
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