LUCY DOES

How I’m Feeling

I’ve been thinking a lot about purpose and meaning recently. Bold, I know. Despite being in the midst of a global pandemic, it seems that a lot of people are thriving. Although times may be tough, people’s best sides are really being pushed to the forefront of their being. From Captain Tom Moore raising millions of pounds for the NHS, to BML protestors fighting the greater pandemic that is racism…

Lockdown: Pause for Thought

To say that present times are weird would be an understatement. To say society as fundamentally changed would be a better way of phrasing things, although I’m not too certain this hits the mark closely enough either. Today marks the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week, an important date in the calendar, but a movement that has taken a new level of poignancy given the current circumstances.…

10 months ago I remember being sat at uni, huddled over my computer, wondering if there was a way that I could escape the anxious thoughts that were preoccupying my mind. Surrounded by housemates who couldn’t recommend running enough, I was intrigued by this world of fitness. It sounded great. The word on the street was that it helped your physical and mental well-being. Remedial apparently. Yet…

Ah, The 1975. A band I have been in love with since I was a 13-year-old wannabe music journo. Throughout the years, they have gone from an edgy indie-pop band clad whose aesthetic was clad in black and white exclusively, to one of the most important bands of my generation. Having reinvented their music in each album, produced their own music themselves and, essentially, having the balls to do…

Where are all the women?

A few months back I wrote a post looking at the position of women in the music industry, namely in relation to their sexualisation. In the post, I argued that the music industry was yet to face anything near the #metoo movement within Hollywood, and that it rather remained archaic and immobile in its treatment of women.

This sexism towards women in the music industry was brought to the…

'They': The Beacon of Change

As someone who made language and feminism the topic of their dissertation, I am a sucker for any item relating to how language reveals something about social norms. That’s why when ‘They’ was announced as being 2019’s word of the year, my heart skipped a beat.

Language is telling, funnily enough. Not only do the overt messages of what we say communicate our feelings, but language also contains…

So lads, I’ve been in my big girl internship for two months now and I think it’s about time that I update you all about how it’s going. I mean, if you really want to cut to the chase, I’ll give you a spoiler: it’s going bloody fantastic.

To contextualise this all a bit more, I’m two months into a seven month internship in the ~arts~. More specifically, I’m in the marketing department at…

Self-Partnership & The Single Life

In an interview with British Vogue, Emma Watson sat down and told the reported that she was ‘self-partnered’. As with all celebrity interviews, and particularly celebrity neologisms, this concept was met with a torrent of jokes, shutdowns and some downright nastiness. Much like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s infamous ‘conscious uncoupling’statement, many readers of this newsflash failed to…

Catcalling & the Music Industry

In Hollywood, there has been a sizable shift in which the #metoo movement has brought attention to the sexism and inequality faced by women in the acting industry. In music, however, there has been no such unified call out. Although artists such as Ke$ha and Lily Allen as well as campaign groups such as Girls Against have all spoken out about the impact that their gender plays in the industry,…

At a brief glance, music and politics appear to be diametrically opposed. Yet, upon examination, this displacement unravels itself, revealing a complex and historic relationship between the two.

This intertwining is most emphasised during times of social turmoil, an observation that it is especially pertinent in today’s pseudo apocalyptic era in which pale, male and stale politicians the world…

    Nobody asked for it, and at the moment it doesn’t really fit the tone of this blog, but I’m going to talk about Glasto 2020 since tickets go on sale on Sunday (eeekkk). Initially, I was inspired to do this blog post by Jack Webb’s YouTube videoand, after having done an extensive search of the internet, I entered a deep hole in which I couldn’t stop envisioning my dream line up for none other…

University is stressful. Even at the beginning of a term where I should be free from worry, I always find myself caught up over something. The idea of being wholly responsible for my finances, studies and ultimately future is something that I am seemingly unable to deal with. I cannot be stress free. Fair enough, stress related to exams and coursework would be understandable. However, when I find…

Why Do I Care If I Look So Butch?

2017 is an age full of freedom, liberation and fluidity. Somehow, in an era synonymous of being inclusive with a strong ‘you can be who you want to be’ mentality, I am increasingly self-conscious about who I am, and how I am perceived. Despite gender fluidity being on the norm, with brands abolishing gendered clothing and schools neutralising toilets, I still find myself under the pressure to…

Dealing With Class at Uni

Having only ever lived in the same town for the 18 years of my life, I was never concerned about ‘how the other half lived’. I mean, sure I did think about what it would be like to live like the cast of MiC with a myriad of staff to attend my every call, but really I’d accepted who I was and I was grateful for that. And then uni happened. By entering the world of the Russell Group, I was…

10 Things all Twins Know

1. Becoming a collective rather than a singular human being, often given your own coup,e-sequel name. This is probably something like ‘the Twins’ or your surname. 2. Being asked if twin telepathy is real. Deffo isn’t, sorry for any optimistic out there. 3. “Who’s oldest?” … “Oh yeah, I could totally tell.” 4. Taking sibling rivalry to another level. 5. Getting nowhere with this rivalry cos you…

Experience Everyone With Resting Bitch Face Will Recognise

1. Constantly being bombarded with people asking about your welbeing. I swear I am okay. Really, it’s just my face. Honest. 2. Having people disbelieve your contentment. “Seriously though, are you angry or upset?” NO, I AM HAPPY AS LARRY!! 3. Being approached by people who inform you to smile more. I mean, I don’t know about you but I didn’t know I was obliged to flash some teeth every minute of…