Love from, Florence Grace

There are some small things in life that upset me. I don't mean upset as in I'm ready to cry over them, but upset me as in they stress me out, confuse me and irritate me to the point where I'm just screaming 'but why ?!' over and over! Want to know what I mean? Read my list and see if you get what I'm saying... 1) Animals without plurals. Sheep. Moose. Sheeps and Mooses right? WRONG. So frustrating! 2) White chocolate. It has no chocolate in it so why the heck is it called white chocolate? 3) Wrongly named animals. E.g. a silverfish. It's a bug, not a fish so...WHY?!  4) Similarly, whales. Specifically, the killer whale, which is actually a dolphin. What? WHY?! 5) The English language. Must we have so many duplicated words with so many different spellings and meanings? Their, there, they're. Where, wear. Read, read. Lead, lead. To, too, two. Enough! 6) Pizza. It comes in a square box but it's a C...

I have identified as a feminist for about 4 years now, since I had a life changing history lesson and learnt the ins and outs of this powerful movement, and what feminism had actually done for me. Since then, I have battled it out with several idiots (including my then boyfriend) about why I'm a feminist and what it means. I'm always hit with the same old lines, and I thought that I'd share them with you too- if you find that these are things you say to feminists, just stop now. Us feminists are sick of hearing this: So, you hate men? Yes. Definitely. As a feminist, I believe in equality of the sexes. But sure, if you think that means I hate men, whatever, sure. We'll go with that.  If it's about equality, why isn't it called 'equalism'? Because it's not about equality of all people, it's about equality of the sexes  oh my lord. Equalism and feminism are two different things.  If its about women and men, why is ...

Mums. You gotta love them, right? Yet sometimes they can be so  annoying! They do and say such frustrating things that all you can do is sit there staring at them like... what?!  So I thought I'd compile a beautiful, gif filled list (you know I love them!) about the most common things all  mums seem to say and do that grind our gears!  They shout from five rooms away to get your attention and when you shout back she claims she can't hear you...or if you don't respond because you can't hear her, she gets narked, even though she wouldn't be able to hear you if you screamed back. Um, so how did you expect me to hear you? Huh? HUH?  They call you all of your siblings names and sometimes even the pets names before reaching your name. Seriously, mum, you have one job. Remember the name of your favourite child. Not that hard is it? They suggest you eat foods they know you don't like when you tell them you're hungry. Mum, why? I'm ...

...with frustration because you are winding her right up. That's right, boys. In case you didn't know it already, you can be pretty frustrating to the female species and do some pretty damn annoying things. If you find yourself guilty of doing some of the things on this list, you should probably stop ASAP...that, or the end of your life may be closer than you think. Saying you'll do something and then never doing it at all.  Rearranging your balls- or even just giving them a scratch- whilst we're trying to help you engage in a mature conversation with either ourself or some friends. Leaving dirty underwear anywhere but the wash basket. Going out in clothes that totally don't match. Leaving rubbish anywhere in the house bar the bin. Say "I don't know, whatever you want" when we ask you to help us decide between outfits. Complain about how long we take to get ready but when we are ready, you s...