Eh, so remember me and my much-loved Linkables series? This post has been sitting in my drafts since January and was - shockingly enough - originally titled January Linkables. Alas, life got in the way and my poor link list fell to the bottom of my priority list. I have instead been keeping myself busy by working in an industry that has its peaks in January, attending the Scottish Greens Spring Conference, and watching every Marvel and DC film ever made (I'm now working my way through the Arrowverse).
Anyway, enough of my film chat - links! And I've made it a bumper issue, given that it took my three months to publish it.
Politics, Feminism and Everything in Between
With everything going on in the world it's really important to make sure you're feminism is intersectional. If you're looking to get involved in issues that aren't just middle-class white lady issues, here are 50 groups to get you started.
Are you based in the USA and work for a company with a wellness program? They're a load of discriminative shite.
As much as I wish this wasn't true, it is: Fear of losing white privilege led to Trump’s election
Co-signed: Yes, you can be sex-positive and still prefer vanilla sex.
Being Your Best Self
One of my New Years Resolutions was to hold my ground more so I was interested in learning how successful people stick up for themselves while remaining likeable.
What do people who've remained happily married for decades feel the secret is? This guy did a survey.
My quiet nature has landed me in many sticky situations...and I agree that my silence is sometimes my failure.
This made me feel weirdly emotional: The Apology we Owe each Myers-Briggs personality type.
"ISTJ: I’m sorry for taking advantage of your willingness to work without recognition. I’m sorry for not appreciating how much effort you put into literally everything you do."
Print out and keep in your networking handbag: 15 body language secrets of successful people.
I've joked for years that I inherited the personality of my childhood dog, rather than my parents (my parents are both outgoing non-geeks while my dog was quiet and like to bask in the sun). According to science there's a chance this is true.
Despite being in my 20s I still struggle to not gush about my current crush/squeeze even though I know it's boring the fuck out of everyone. Here's why we do it.
Veganism and yummy things
Vegan tofu hollumi. I repeat: vegan tofu hollumi.
Other tofu wizardry: tofu omelette.
Baileys Goes Vegan....for real this time.
Loathe salad but wish you didn't? Maybe you're making one of these 8 common salad mistakes.
Other tofu wizardry: tofu omelette.
Baileys Goes Vegan....for real this time.
Loathe salad but wish you didn't? Maybe you're making one of these 8 common salad mistakes.
Geek and Pop Culture
Today in articles that are probably trash but I'm reading them anyway: what does Jonathon Cheban actually do?
Why don't we just let Madonna age the way she wants to?
I've always found name-dropping super cringey, and I'm not the only one.
Replying to guy on Tinder using only Carrie Bradshaw quotes (True story: my Tinder profile used to say "I like to think I'm a Samantha, but I'm probably a Miranda" and the guy who's opening line was a SATC chat-up line went on to become my first Tinder date).
And the internet's favourite question: why do cats love boxes so much?
I never blogged about my holiday to Disneyland® Paris because it was technically a work trip...but I finally got round to blogging about it on my employer's blog.
Travel
(Psssst, here's everything else I wrote for them this month: 6 must-visit events and festivals in Malta, what to pack for a holiday in Bali, How to spend 72 hours in Madrid, Top 10 events in celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and 11 guest speakers you'll find on-board the Crown Princess in 2017.)
