Tag: Living alone

The flat that made me

Posted in essential life advice, Living alone, living with a boy, Uncategorized1 Comment

I don’t believe in ghosts, but I like to imagine that we leave something of ourselves in every place that’s meaningful to us. That something of us bleeds into the walls and floors of treasured spaces, invisible streaks of joy and laughter and tears soaked into brick and wood. I like to imagine our ghost-selves… Continue reading The flat that made me

Is single positivity good for women?

Posted in Being single, dating, equality, feminism, Living alone, relationships1 Comment

“Nature abhors a vacuum, and society abhors a woman on her own”, I tweeted drunkenly and loftily in October 2020, and honestly, I stick by it. Our society is not built for the uncoupled, and no one is made to feel this more acutely than women who are mostly single, by choice or otherwise.  Over… Continue reading Is single positivity good for women?