Emily WellingsFast Fashion or Charity Shopping? Either Way, Our Fashion Rhetoric is ClassistFast fashion is toxic, but so too is our gentrification of charity shops.Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Emily WellingsinBreakthroughIt’s Mental Health Awareness Week — What’s the Point?Reflecting on the annual Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK — are we really putting enough effort in?May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Emily WellingsDiet Culture Is Stealing From Us — and We’re Letting ItTrigger Warning: Eating Disorders, Discussions of DietingApr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Emily WellingsSure, It’s Time to Talk — But It’s Also Time to ListenThe discussion around mental illness is bigger now than it’s ever been — but what’s the point of talking if nobody is listening?Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Emily WellingsinBreakthroughWhy It’s Time to Stop Insisting ‘I’m Not Like Other Girls’Ten years ago, aged fourteen, I was adamant that I was ‘not like other girls’. I didn’t wear makeup, most of my friends were boys, I…Apr 12, 20203Apr 12, 20203
Emily WellingsSelf-Care: Are We Doing It Wrong?Self-care: everybody has heard of it, everybody is talking about it, and over 25 million Instagram posts are tagged #selfcare. Ten years…Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
Emily WellingsSelf Isolation Feels Like a Depressive Episode — and the Whole of Society Is Experiencing ItWhen I was nineteen, I experienced my first major depressive episode. Staying in bed all day, not bothering to get dressed, struggling to…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
