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It's a sad fact that LGBTQ+ people routinely experience harassment, prejudice and abuse in the world of work. Indeed, this is doubly true for queer people who choose to work in the education sector. Gay teachers are often accused by bigoted parents of all manner of conspiracies against heteronormative society: apparently…
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While we all love embedding a cheeky little meme or the perfect GIF in our day-to-day communications, we've got to remember that these memes aren't like emojis or exclamation marks. These memes are of real people, with real lives, and they're out there somewhere existing among the rest of us.…
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Sure, you can probably get by with a few small additions to your car - but do you want to just 'get by', or do you want to make your driving experience as easy, pleasurable and classy as possible? After all, if you're commuting to work or have children to…
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A lot of people might think that, in 2018, homophobia isn't something people have to worry about anymore - especially not in the western world where we have Pride Months, equal marriage, and RuPaul's Drag Race. Unfortunately, that's not quite true. Sure, a lot of countries have made steps towards…
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If there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's that internet trends are not to be taken seriously. In the past six months alone, we've seen people chowing down on Tide Pods and snorting condoms for the sake of joining in with the latest online fad - and…
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Back in the day, marriage was all about duty, joining families (ahem, wealth) and producing offspring to advance their lineage. But since then, it's arguably turned more into a gesture, where marriage is more about the loving union you declare on paper. Still, some of those old-fashioned feelings about marriage…
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"Hey Mom, how did you meet Dad?" "He sent me an unsolicited photo of his junk on Tinder." You don't hear that conversation very often. Yet men continue trying to seduce women by sending pictures of their schlongs - "pelfies," if you will. Sure, every woman in the past found…
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It's a common trope that twins do everything together. We often like to think that they always wear the same clothes, enjoy the same food, share the same interests, and maybe even have the same pet peeves about people chewing with their mouths open or not closing the door after…
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Dating is weird. If aliens came down to Earth one day and you had to explain to them that unlike almost every other species on the planet (that simply mount up and get to breedin'), human being instead travel to arbitrary locations in their civilisation in order to decide whether…
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Oh to be young, and to feel love's keen sting. Most likely, the vast majority of people reading this will have experienced heartbreak at some point in their lives. Heartbreak is a natural part of life, and, though it is hard to deal with - particularly when we are young…
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It can't be easy to find out that your other half has been cheating on you. Just imagine: you spend months, maybe even years, building a meaningful relationship with another person, falling in love with them, changing your life to better suit their wants and needs... only to find out…
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I don't mean to sound like a grumpy old woman here, but, when I was growing up, there was no such thing as a YouTuber. There were people who made YouTube videos, sure, and - by the time I hit my mid-teens - there were one or two recognisable faces from…
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Cheating is never okay, and anyone who has been the victim of an unfaithful partner can have their sense of trust and intimacy irreparably damaged by the experience. Seriously, you never want to find out that the person you love and trust most in the world has been screwing around…
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Whenever someone asks you how long you've been working for your current employer, are you ever surprised by how long it's been? That's always the case with me - and I see that same surprise when I'm on the other side of the question. However, it's rare to ask someone…
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One shop assistant in Louisiana has shown that a little patience goes a long way, and even a small act of kindness can mean the world to other people. Jordan Taylor, an employee at Rouses Markets in Baton Rouge, let one autistic man help him stock shelves - and he's…
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Dating can be such a minefield sometimes, and when meeting new people, it's all too easy to mistake a vice for a virtue. The majority of people in life would like to be with a partner who's caring, empathetic, and not afraid of commitment. Not only that, but if you're…
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Moving out teaches you many things: how to pimp up two-minute noodles to make them a completely nutritional meal, being extra resourceful with plates in order to minimise washing-up time, and realising that having a clean room really does just make everything better. But one thing not many of us have figured…
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"Of course it’s difficult," says a woman named Billie, speaking about being a single mother. "It is intended to be a two person job." The Floridian has a seven-year-old son, works four jobs and studies full-time – so you can imagine that it might all get a bit much sometimes. But recently, Billie…
