How a social media campaign is helping people survive the drought in Africa
This year, the drought in the Horn of Africa reached crisis level. It has impacted millions of people across regions like Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria, with many facing the threat of famine. Although the drought has received some news coverage, the urgency of this matter has been largely ignored. This crisis led to a group of well-known people on Instagram like Chakabars Clarke, Jerome Jarre and Juanpa Zurita and celebrities including Casey Neistat, Ben Stiller and athlet
Foodies at Heart
Hello again, yes, it is me again the resident old grump, serving up some more tasteful batch of social commentary. Before I begin, I would like to say no vegans were harmed during the writing of this article, right, now we have that out the way! So, I recently read some statistics that Trueview.me (dating app) published, they surveyed 1,000 men and women around the UK to find out their thoughts on dating, love, and food. It came back that 34% of those surveyed would not date
Happiness: The state of being happy.
Happiness is something that has kept us preoccupied as a human race, with many people constantly in search for the state of happiness and others being content with their life. So how do we measure happiness? Is it something that we can tangibly measure? In today’s world, we frequently look for ways to prove to ourselves and others that we are happy. As we are all unique, we each measure happiness differently and have ranging views on what happiness truly is. With that in mind
Discipline: To smack or not to smack?
What are you thoughts on using smacking as a form of disciplining children? One of the team shares her views. It's 2017 and children are growing up with a lack of respect for their elders; you get on a packed school bus and the children are loud, throwing food everywhere and they don’t have the initiative to stand up for an elderly person. Why you ask? In my opinion it is because they are not being taught to have respect for their elders at home. Although I do not have childr
As Young People, Do We Care More About US Politics Than Our Own?
In the wake of the upcoming general election my news feed has been suspiciously quiet. During the recent American election campaign my social media feed was flooded by angry status updates, links to clips and petitions and invitations to demonstrations and protests. Young people demanding change by standing up to injustice and making their voice heard. And yet when the time comes to make a definite change in their own country, young people in Britain seem remarkably indiffere
Are gender-neutral awards the future?
This week, Emma Watson made history in winning the MTV TV & Movie Awards’ first gender-neutral accolade, for Best Actor in a Movie. Collecting the award for her role as Belle in Disney’s live action remake of Beauty and the Beast, she said “The first acting award... that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience”. According to Watson, our perception of the human experience has widened, particularly in regard to gend
Reformed Offenders or dangerous pretenders?
When we think of convicts a lot of our minds are made up before we hear the end of the sentence. Is it fear, ignorance or just straight up discrimination? Why is society more likely to accept a celebrity who has committed an offence over a regular person when after all, there are more regular people in the world than celebrities? How easy is it to rehabilitate a prisoner? The 1974 Re-offending act is a law that allows a convict’s criminal record to be wiped clean after a cert
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