Women's Rights

Hey Guys!

So it has been a while but life got in the way, started working full time and had a holiday and I found I didn't really have time to sit down and write (As Usual!!!!) but hey ho time for another blog post!

Recently I read an article in the guardian Titled: "Harper Lee: the 'great lie' she didn't write Mockingbird rears its head again". Now To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favourite books and one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, highlighting civil rights in the United States for what it truly was. 

Harper Lee has been discredited a number of times because it was thought she had help writing the novel, just because she is a woman. You don't see men getting the same treatment do you? No and that is because as tradition goes, Men hold a higher standing in society to Women. This has to change, just recently in the news, they have reported a ban on discrimination against women in the work place, with many having a poor working environment or not being paid as much as they should, The law now states that a woman with children will get a better quality work environment and be treated as fairly as anyone else! I see this as a win for women's rights in the UK. 

The only problem with that is, it shouldn't have taken this long to gain these rights for women. Why should we be forced to suffer, just because we are the ones to give up our last names when we marry and bare children for the men of this world, We go through the pain, not men, and our generation have finally seen a change that women's rights activists set in motion 143 years ago, IT'S ABOUT TIME RIGHT! This is not a patriarchal society any more, I am proud to say I am a woman of the 21st Century and we are making a change for the better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom

 Th article I read the other day called in to question another great author of the 20th Century, Truman Capote, known for such works as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. because he was a childhood friend of Lee it was called in to question whether he helped Harper Lee write To Kill a Mockingbird however when compared to others in Capote's work there was found to be no similarities, instead it is a well known fact that it was in fact Lee who helped Capote write In Cold Blood. She was there when he conducted the interviews and Capote combined both hers and his own notes to form a spectacular true account of the Clutter Murders. 

I think I have shared enough feminist views to last a life time! 

Thank you for reading! 

Love,

Rebecca 

article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/20/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird-authorship-women-writers 

My Hectic Life

Hey Guys,

So, I have been quite hectic recently, what with the last day of school for study leave and other things going on, So I haven't been able to sit and write a post in the last 21 days. 

Here is a little update on what has been going on and what is going to be happening in the next few weeks. 

So most recently I have been seeing someone, his name is Adam and we get on really well. he makes me incredibly happy and i cant wait to see where things go with him or even if things will progress any further. I have also been keeping in touch with friends and family in Canada, but it makes me said that I cant be there with them, I can only be a face on a computer screen seeing each others bedrooms and not the beautiful country that surrounds them. 

Back to this country though what has been going on....

Last Friday (15th May) was the last day of sixth form (which would be the last 2 years of high school for american readers). It was a sad day, because a lot of the friends I've made in the last two years I might never see again, but that's a sad fact of life, you lose some friend but you also gain some, and you keep in touch with the special ones like this one...

So this week has also been a hectic one... I met up with a friend on Monday and got some revision done... probably the only bit of revision I've done all week #procrastination. I have found I am an expert at procrastination and its  good thing my exams aren't until June otherwise I would be screwed!!!

and finally we get to Wednesday the best day of all, I passed my driving test first time, which is very rare for my family, I have been told that I am the third in the family line to have done that, and i am so excited that i have finally done something better than my brother! 

That is about all for now though so I will catch up very soon!

Love, 

Becca xx

A Day In ST Neots

Hey Guys , 

Me again! Wow two blog posts within a week!?! This is a new record for me!

So I'm currently in a four hour free at college, and thought it would be the perfect time to write a post.

Wednesday morning I got up so early (unusual for a Wednesday!) and got the train to Cambridge where I met my friend to give her, her birthday presents :) we then got the bus to ST Neots! You may think that there isn't a lot there but to us it has some great memories of the summer and it is kind of our little place to go just the two of us, we used to go to a café there but that had shut down some time between last summer and now! 

We did our favourite thing, which is going to the charity shops and looking for bargains ( I head straight for the books!) I was good this time and only bought one!!! 

After we found that our café had shut down we came Across this little alley way and found this little tea room called "Poppy's tea room" it was so cute and everything was vintage! From the fur other to the floral tea cups :) it was us to a T! (See pictures below) it was a great little day out (if you could call it a day!) and I can't wait to go back! 

Until next time! 

Love, 

Becca! X

                         

                                 

A Day In Cambridge

Hey Guys,

So I know every time I write a post, I say I'm going to get more active on here and write a lot more posts (the same with my YouTube really) but then life gets in the way as it always does and I found that I didn't have the time to sit in front of my computer and just type like I am now. Enough with the excuses though! this will probably only be a short post because I don't have a lot to say but here goes nothing!

Today I took a trip into Cambridge, armed with my trusty camera and tripod to finally get that photography work I had been putting off done.

The exam word I chose to focus on this year is "solitude" probably one of the hardest ones to do and I found myself losing a lot of motivation for the art and not wanting to be out with my camera. however with a week until the final 15 HOUR! exam, and with a lot of nagging from my parents i went out and actually had a lot of fun!

the concept for this shoot was to capture crowds in long exposure to show movement and also convey a sense of being lost like you weren't actually there, a ghost.how does this link to solitude? well it proves ho alone you can feel sometimes, even in a crowded place. 

the whole morning i was out my mum came with to be my "assistant" for lack of a better word, and we had a lot of fun (she was mainly laughing at me getting annoyed with my camera but that's not the point!) by the end of it we came out with some pretty good shots and had some good quality time together, We even had our photo taken quite obviously by a older man with his SLR camera, quite creepy but hey ho what can we do! 

So without further ado, here is a few photos from today that i think turned out the best!

ENJOY!!!

Love, 

Becca x

Update time! Anxiety and Other Stuff

Hey Guys,

Wow its been a while since I've sat at my computer and written to you.

what can I say,  this post is personal to me and I figured I should just get it out and tell you guys.

some of you who know me, know that for the last year or so I have been struggling with Anxiety, this is a very personal issue that took me a long time to admit to my friends and even family that I was struggling, but when I eventually did tell the people that mattered, I was able to get the help that I so desperately needed, and I am in a better place because of it.

This is why I'm writing this post, because I finally feel strong enough to tell people, or even help others if they need it!

Over the last couple of months I have been to see a councillor to get help and ways to cope with it because for me new situations and the feeling of  'I can't escape' were the main causes of my attacks.  Which is something I had never experienced before going to sixth form and It definitely scared me, I didn't tell anyone though... this was probably my biggest mistake.

Now, new situations is something that I cant escape because being 17 you come up against a lot of them! For example I am in my second year at sixth form so I have just finished applying to University, this is a big exciting and scary change that I decided I wasn't going to hide from, I want to follow my dream and the only way to do that is to face my biggest fear.

Now, because of the course I want to do, I have to interview at the Universities so that they can get an idea of what I'm like as a person as well as having a look at my portfolio.

The thought of going to a place that I could be studying and they then not like my work or me terrified me, even now it still does....

But the biggest thing I learned throughout all of this is that I can't control what will happen in the future, I just have to think about the here and the now, this for me is getting my Anxiety under control and taking each day as it comes.

I know there aren't many of you that read my small little blog, but for those that do I want to say thank you and if this helps just one of you understand what its like then I'm happy

This is my story

What's Yours?

if you want to talk to me about anything I have mentioned in this post, do not hesitate to get in contact I am happy to help anyone!!

Love,

Becca xxx

P.S. I am going to try and post more, life has been so stressful recently I haven't had chance to just sit down and write

  

a little short monologue...

Hey Guys,

So today this is going to be a slightly different blog post... I wrote a short monologue for my English coursework and I was quite proud of it, so I just wanted to share it quickly, let me know what you think :)

 

I am a woman in her early 20's. My name is Aria. Aria Fitzgerald. I am of medium height, but quite slim for my age! I have long curly blonde hair, and I suffer with anxiety. Brighton, where I live, is a quaint little town, weekends and holidays are my worst nightmare! The sun comes out and people flock from all over to this little town by the sea. This makes my anxiety worse, I feel like I can't go out the house, even the slightest thing makes me anxious, I feel I can't cope.

 

I live with my best friend Ramona, and my boyfriend Nate they help me a lot with everything, they are my rocks. if I have a panic attack they are always there to calm me down, or remove me from the situation that makes me anxious.

 

the year my parents died in a car crash was the worst of my life for my anxiety, for the six months after I went into a state of shock where every little thing that happened sent me into  panic attack. I was so frightened to leave the house, I was afraid that if anything good happened to me, it would be taken away as soon as it was given. I began to push people away, first Ramona, no matter how hard she tried, I became withdrawn from everything. and her. I then pushed Nate away I was frightened that if he stayed with me, something bad would happen, he stayed though. for those six months he stuck by my side, and slept on the sofa, which I imagine couldn't have been comfortable.

 

By Christmas I slowly but surely began to become less withdrawn, I was like a polar bear coming out of hibernation. But sure enough Nate and Ramona were there to help me through, to get me reintegrated within the human way of life. it started by taking little walks just down to the sea front, which I found to be a great source of comfort during the last six months, there was something about the sea that calmed me, the peaceful serenity of the waves flowing in and out, against the sea shore. I then got more confident, and started making trips on the train up to London for various outing or meetings. This is when life really started to get back to normality I started going out with my friends, partying, having fun. Doing this still made me anxious at times but I learnt to control it, I had to remove myself from any situation that made me anxious, even if it meant going outside to get some air.

 

now one year on, I  am living proof that it does get better, no matter what dark moments you are experiencing in your life at the moment, you always have to remember things get better. I a now living in a little seaside cottage with the love of my life, Nate. we are engaged and I am so happy he stuck with me through my dark state of mind and didn't give up on me.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this,

(it is in no way written from personal experience, I just wrote what came into my head)

Love, Becca

Life little update

Hey Guys!

So I haven't blogged in a while, and trust me there is a good reason! Life just got in the way, I've had a tone of exams to revise for and even finding time to go to work has been hard but I've managed! 

So what's been going on behind the scenes?

Well a couple of weeks ago me and a friend were lucky enough to go to the Birmingham LG arena to see McBusted it was so good! probably the best concert I've ever been to (although I don't have a lot of concerts to compare them to!) I was young when Busted broke up and I used to listen to the only album it had on repeat do it was a dream made reality to go see an ultimate super group LIVE! It was definitely the best break between exams, which I have finally finished yesterday!!!!! Now I am free to live my life without having to worry about college, which I spend mostly on social media or sleeping (I know living life to the full!!!) 

That's about all from me, I shall leave you with some pictures from McBusted! 

Updates to come soon! 

Rebecca x