Ditch the LabelDitch the LabelLet’s talk about catcalling You’ve probably seen the viral catcalling video of a woman walking around New York for 10 hours experiencing 108 instances of verbal street harassment. The video has rightly been subjected to much criticism regarding its execution, editing and the implications this holds for racial politics as the film concentrates primarily on
...Read MoreMelissa Herrera on her experiences with virtual dating When I swiped into a “virtual relationship”, it wasn’t by choice. I had every intention of actually meeting the men I’d matched with, as I assumed that was the purpose of online dating. I assumed this was for people looking for an easier outlet to meet other
...Read MoreDanny Bowman blogs about how body image issues and mental illness drove him to attempt suicide When I was 14 years old I moved to a new school. This was a huge transition for me; moving from a small town middle school to an inner city private school. At this new school I felt like
...Read MoreLexi Gibson blogs about life with HIV HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a virus that replicates itself off fighter cells, also known as the immune system. This replication is stopped when a patient takes daily medication. My first 14 years of life I was discriminated against for having HIV. Since then, the
...Read MoreYouTuber Brenna Burk blogs about life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Years ago, if you’d asked me what OCD is, I would have given you one of two answers: “Isn’t that where people organise stuff a lot?” or “I don’t know, I’ve never heard of it.” If you ask me today, however, you’re in for a
...Read MoreWe interviewed Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer Rachael Sage DtL: What has been your proudest moment so far? Rachael: My proudest moment so far has been when a young man approached me at a show in San Francisco and told me my music had kept him from taking his own life. While the details of
...Read MoreAmbs blogs about life with Asperger Syndrome I was officially diagnosed with the syndrome in 2009, when I was 13-years-old. I didn’t know anything about autism back then; in fact I don’t think I had ever heard of the condition before, and all of a sudden I was told I have this life-long ‘disability’. I
...Read MoreRyan Woollard was bullied the whole way through school, but he wants you to know that you are not alone and things do get better It all started at primary school… First came the odd, flippant remark about my physical appearance, then came the name-calling and the homo-hate because my mum is married to another
...Read MoreLauren Rose on living with anxiety and agoraphobia If you had told me at the age of 22 that I’d spend the next three years incredibly anxious and housebound, I wouldn’t have believed you. My issues with anxiety seemed to come completely out of left field – one day I was a normal twenty-something; enjoying
...Read MoreComedian Shannon DeVido on how she usually answers these 10 common questions about being a wheelchair user 1. How do you go to the bathroom? I didn’t do well in science, but from what I can tell, after I drink a lot of water or eat, after a few hours, my body lets me know
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