Setting aside the pandemic as a motivator for embracing the rising culture of anti-ambition, a shift in society’s relationship with ambition was already rising.

Author: Hannah Shewan Stevens

Category: LIFE

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Seeing Beyoncé give the middle finger to the assumption Black women can't wear blonde hair was an awakening

Author: Mide Olabanji

Category: SELF

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I’m lying in bed recovering from a migraine when I receive a WhatsApp from my fellow disabled pal Cath. “Want some ableist rage?” she asks. With the message, she’d attached a link to a tweet from one of the candidates to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak, revealing that if he won, he would fine people £10 for missing GP and hospital appointments.

Author: Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Category: POLITICS

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As a trans person, my recent experience of being in a play with a trans writer, director and mostly trans and non-binary cast had a profound impact on me - and proved once again why authentic representation in performing arts is so important.

Author: Len Lukowski

Category: SELF

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It’s so easy to live for other people that we sometimes forget to live for ourselves. This was me until a few months ago, living according to the goals and standards set by my family and society at large.

Author: Lynda Ndubuaku

Category: SELF

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When I was 20, I met my first love. Our relationship was by no means perfect – in fact, there were so many red flags, but I could barely see them. I stayed for longer than I should have because there was one thing about us that I couldn’t shake, and which I continued to miss for a long time after we broke up: I felt seen.

Author: Michele Theil

Category: SELF

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After a three-year hiatus, Season 4 of Stranger Things is finally here - with the two last episodes of the season released only a few days ago.

This article contains Stranger Things season 3 and 4 spoilers. 

Author: Eleanor Noyce

Category: CULTURE

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The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) kicked off on 24 June and I’ve had a very hard time figuring out my favourites to watch. While I haven’t been able to attend and watch them all, here are some to catch before it ends.

Author: Chourouk Gorrab

Category: CULTURE

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Mental health sufferers do not need performative celebrity posts on social media. They need a compassionate, well-funded healthcare model and equal access to support.

Author: Hannah La Ronde

Category: CULTURE

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75% of LGBTQ youth have reported that they have experienced discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity at least once in their lifetime, according to The Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, a survey of just under 35,000 LGBTQ young people.

Author: BetterMe

Category: LIFE

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You can find more hero stories on the BetterMe: Mental Health app. Download the BetterMe: Mental Health app and listen to the LGBTQ+Me course. BetterMe is a leading Ukraine-based behavioural healthcare company taking care of the physical and mental health of 100M users worldwide.