Category: Life
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What Do You Want to Be When You’re Older?
That’s one of the big questions I got asked growing up. Even when my world was a tiny terrace house on a gravel street and I thought childhood would never end. Even then, my family and teachers asked me “what’s your dream job”. Growing up When I was 5, I was laying on the living…
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Shit, I’m Not a Woman
Disclaimer: this post explores my personal understanding and experience with gender. This may differ from yours. That’s ok. Back in 2019, I published a blog post called “Shit, I’m a Lesbian“. At the time, I was a newly out lesbian trying to make sense of all the confusing things from my childhood that stopped me…
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Community Street Fair
Now that the Summer is here and I am back in Lancaster, I am finding new ways to get involved in my community. As a student, it is rare to live on a street that has a community feel. Lancaster is plagued by ‘student’ streets that suffer from the constant changing of residents. But, just…
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Still Learning About Myself
One thing no one taught me growing up is just how long it would take for me to know myself. How I wouldn’t be aware of certain aspects of myself, my personality and identity. Whether that’s being oblivious to the fact that I was a lesbian until I was 20, only just realising at 23…
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Amateur Photographer: Devon Louise
Over the past 3 months I have been attending Teesside University’s ‘Introduction to Photography’ Course, an online learning experience with weekly classes. Before this course, I’ve loved capturing vistas and landscapes with my phone; especially holiday highlights and views from hilltops – I mean who doesn’t? I really thought that the more I captured, the…
Devon Louise 