A chat with a professional

On the 21st November 2017 I had the chance to speak with Portia Bentley who works at Staffordshire University as an Equality Co-Ordinator in the Faculty of Arts & Creative Technologies.

Charli Browes

Coming out was never a struggle for me. A lot of people who have to face up to a society where heterosexuality is the norm have internal emotional problems: guilt, self-hate, failure. I on the other hand knew, like many same sex lovers, that I liked girls long before I liked boys and I emulated this…

Writers Past

My names Laura, 23 years of age. I was bullied in school.

It started around age 7/8 in primary school, I’m a plus sized girl I always have been even from a younger age. I was called the generic names of fatty, elephant; anything that related to me being fat I was called it but it…

Lucy Isabella, 20 , Stoke-On-Trent

School wasn’t the greatest time for me, I threw myself into my…

Teri Ann, 29, Birmingham

I was bullied in school for my last name, Simpson. A typical childhood little thing that back then was such a big…

Editors Letter

The idea for Bullying- The after affects came to me after a moment of reminiscing on my 23 years of life. Every victim of bullying has the mindset of this is it where do I go from here? Well after being bullied for a good 10 years of my life you can go far further than those with the balls to make…