Here are 20 things you know, now that you’re 20. How exciting to think about how this list will change and grow. Maybe these would have helped you, Past Me. Or maybe we had to learn them the hard way. Either way, I can’t wait to see what you add (and what you get rid of)...
Dear Past Me,
work hard and you'll get there. its not about an end journey, more enjoying every step along the way! stay true to yourself and your goals, focus on what you're best at and remember that perseverance and believing in yourself will be your best tools for building your future. you got this!'
You knew you didn’t like leg hair from the first downy patch. It’s all part of growing up so you just learn to live with it. You can just never wear shorts ever again, right? You hang around after school with some real good friends, most of whom are girls. You go to the harbor...
I am writing to offer you reassurance. Even age twelve, you knew your own mind, and you were sure that large breasts were not something you wanted. I can assure you that age eighteen, they remain the size of mandarins or Madeleine cakes, and that you find this a completely ideal and comfortable size for them to be...
You and your friends (all self-identifying women) were off to meet some boys in your year at school in the park. However, you all suddenly stopped and realised that it was hot, you were in shorts and your leg hair was visible. So you all decided you shouldn’t go.
‘Focus on the small stuff’ has almost become a cliche. It’s the mantra of every self-help coach, the driving concept behind many successful books and the topic of copious podcasts. You’ve probably heard it from a well-intentioned older relative. Yet despite the overexposure and seemingly obviousness of this phrase, it was probably one of the...
Dear Past Me, You don’t need to change his mind. You don’t need to change the mind of any oppressive man. You do not need to convince him your experience is real. You do need him to admit he is wrong. You do not need to make him woke; you do not him to be...
I have decided to try not to take gender lenses off, but leave them in place, and, rather than trying to eliminate the gender discriminations and differences that appeared, understand them and point them out for other people to realize they are there...
So I had sex last night, after months of torturing myself with that “I need to get laid” mindset. But now post sex, I guess I’m just a bit disappointed. And it’s got me thinking – have I ever actually left a sexual encounter thinking ‘fuck that was awesome?’ The answer would be no, not...
