by Vic | Jan 4, 2023 | Mental Health, Pride in Yourself
Sometimes you find yourself wondering why you exist. Is there a greater purpose, something you’re supposed to innately just know? And, how can you make a positive impact on the world? People often refer to meaningful actions as “ripples in a pond”. The idea is that...
by Vic | May 15, 2021 | Mental Health, Pride in Yourself
Adulting. The very (non-)word fills some with dread. I am a fairly independent person. I live with a flatmate and she’s very independent too. We live our separate lives in the same space. We have separate meals, we clean separate areas (and share some of the...
by Vic | Apr 11, 2021 | Pride in Yourself
As most people have probably caught on to by now, I’m a genderqueer / nonbinary person. I use they/them pronouns, which means that when you talk about me you don’t say “he went to the shop” or “she bought some bread” but use... by Vic | Jul 25, 2019 | Family and Friends, Pride in Yourself, Round Up
I had an interesting Pride Month (June), I have to admit. There were no Pride arrangements in my local vicinity during that month, but I did meander up to Norway, where the county I was born in had its first ever Pride celebration! I love that it’s come so far,... by Vic | May 14, 2019 | Mental Health, Pride in Yourself
The importance of being Proud, as an outsider, as an oddball, and especially as part of an oppressed group like LGBTQ+ people, people of colour, and disabled people, is a topic that I’m sure many a thesis has been written about. As I’m doing this in one blog post, for... by Vic | May 5, 2019 | Pride in Yourself
(Am I from outer space? We’re all made of stardust after all…) One of the things I want to do with my voice, as small as it may be or as big as it may grow, is to champion for the weirdos. The kind hearted oddballs, the outsiders of the “norms” of society....
