by lauralizbuckley | 15 May, 2019 | Blog Posts
It’s mental health awareness week here in the UK, and I went back and forth on whether to share something about my own mental health struggles in honour of that. I decided in the end that I’ve gained a lot from other people’s honesty and openness, and given that this...
by lauralizbuckley | 17 Apr, 2019 | Blog Posts
This needs to be said before anything else: this post is absolutely not intended as a criticism of people who eat meat, or other animal products. I don’t think being vegan/vegetarian makes you a good person, and I don’t think eating meat makes you a bad person....
by lauralizbuckley | 10 Apr, 2019 | Blog Posts
Recently I was having a conversation with some friends and Partner about a play with a premise I thought sounded really interesting. It centres around a lesbian couple, one of whom comes out as trans, causing her partner to have to re-evaluate where she stands in...
by lauralizbuckley | 30 Mar, 2019 | Blog Posts
How do you decide which version of yourself to be? Not just at any one time or on a particular occasion, but in general? There are a few reasons why ‘just be yourself’ is often completely useless advice, but for me one of the main things that springs to mind when I’m...
by lauralizbuckley | 21 Mar, 2019 | Blog Posts
A beautiful princess gown, trailing flowers, an angelic chorus singing you down the aisle while friends and family wipe teary eyes. The stereotype suggests that, as a woman, I’ve spent my whole life planning the perfect wedding down to the smallest detail. Well, to...
by lauralizbuckley | 13 Mar, 2019 | Blog Posts
When I saw the first trailer for Captain Marvel, my first reaction was not “Oh wow, I can’t wait!” It was more like “Kree? Really? They’re going to keep saying that with a straight face for the whole film?” In all honesty, I was feeling a little over the whole...
