My Substack

For the last three years, I have written for my own Substack blog. I have a collection of diverse work, covering topics like womanhood, queer representation and pop culture, with some having been produced for my undergraduate degree. 

Feeling Alone in a Connected World: The Loneliness Epidemic Among Young Women

To many, it may seem like the lives of young people are full of partying, socialising and being surrounded by friends constantly. However, for a lot of them, this is not the case and there’s a demographic of them that is hit the hardest.Almost half of young women in the UK have reported feeling lonely some or all the time. This is a stark difference to the way young people are often perceived. Loneliness is hiding behind university, first jobs and lively social media pages. There has been a grow...

‘It makes me feel hopeless’ – Delays In Trans Healthcare Are Costing Lives

*Please note this article mentions mental health and suicide*Imagine waiting years for healthcare that will save your life. Living your life in a state of limbo, not knowing when you’ll receive what you need to thrive. That is the situation gender-diverse people find themselves in. Waiting lists with thousands of people in front of them, not knowing when they’ll get to live the life they’re meant to.Alice Litman was a transgender woman who suffered the ultimate consequence of inaccessible gender...

‘People are fed up with flats going up everywhere’

Photos by Nuola Qingkeer, Muhan Yao & Anran LiRedevelopment is set to transform Elephant and Castle again, at the cost of a popular food spot. The latest redevelopment project is The Borough Triangle, a £600m project to build two skyscrapers with around 892 new homes, an office block, retail space and a community centre.It’s expected to take nine years to demolish the existing buildings and rebuild on the land, with construction starting in 2026. There has been some outrage among the residents a...

Women have made scientific discoveries we can't live without; so why are they still not respected in STEM careers?

What do you picture when you hear words like 'engineer', "mathematician" or 'scientist'? Maybe Albert Einstein, Alan Turing or Isaac Newton? Maybe more recently your mind jumps to tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk.How about Katherine Johnson, Florence Nightingale or Ada Lovelace? These names have all been giants in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) fields. Anyone who's studied high school science could tell you that Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope or th...