Realist

I had been sick the last few days and have been reading The Female Eunuch the last few weeks so I decided to spend my sick days off work binge watching feminist documentaries.  I started off with 'She's Beautiful When She's Angry,' which began by looking at the origins of the feminist movement. Here I have included the trailer to give a taste.  What I always find fascinating about watching documentaries and reading books from earlier feminist movements is the changes I can almost instantly consider. This documentary begins by conveying how second wave feminism came into existence in an extremely inspirational way, as something which started off small but grew followers, attention and more support. Equally, the documentary explored the opposition feminism faced from the media, politicians and even other females who wanted to remain housewives. She's Beautiful When She's Angry moves at a wonderful pace and explores every single issue in depth a...

Brew Lab was top of my list of places to check out in Edinburgh. From what I had read about online and from anyone to talk to it was 'THE' coffee shop in Edinburgh. Also they served HasBean so I was more than a little intrigued. We arrived here after a messy self-guided tour of Edinburgh University, amazed by the beautiful campus but exhausted and thirsty for some coffee. With a beautiful decor and a fantastic selection of coffee and accessories I knew they would live up the reputation I had been hearing about. The place was really bustling when we arrived, with a varied crowd from business men, students to families. I was extremely impressed with the décor and how well the unfinished urban walls worked so well with the rustic stools and vintage couches. It was an interesting mixture to say the least but maintained a consistent flow and a trademark design.  As I mentioned when I arrived we were both exhausted and I was being more indecisive ...