I’m waiting in line for a coffee and I’ve already whipped out my smartphone- scanning, swiping and sending- simply to fill time. Or perhaps I should say to save time because I use the 30-second wait to send an email and post ‘Happy Birthday!’ on a friend’s Facebook wall. My coffee comes and I leave walking and writing, now on a mission to clear my WhatsApp inbox. I’m scrolling the screen, slurping coffee whilst simultaneously...

I hadn’t planned on drinking so much, but one cheeky mid-week beverage turned into several when wine flowed as quickly as conversation. Even my university years failed to increase my alcohol tolerance and 2 glasses in I’m talking too loudly and flushing crimson! Apparently this flush (often referred to as ‘Asian flush’) is a sign of alcohol intolerance due to a faulty version of a gene ALDH2. When working, this gene breaks dow...

Freedom makes freelancing particularly attractive because you can do precisely as you please with no one to answer to. You are not tied down to typical hours, holiday restrictions and rules. So if you want to watch ‘This Morning’ in your pyjamas on a Tuesday morning, then you can. You don’t have to call in sick or pretend your Grandma’s been rushed into hospital. You can simply laze about like it’s a weekend, without a worry i...

Online dating has come a long way since ‘You’ve Got Mail’, the 1998 movie in which Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love via an internet chat room. Dating apps, such as 'Tinder', 'Happn' and 'OKCupid' are rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways of seeking a relationship. However, what sort of relationships are they manufacturing? With so much unlimited access to people and the impression that there will always ‘other optio...

“Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment.”

And it’s everywhere at the moment.

Before you wrongly assume I am an anti-feminist- I am not. I am simply acting as a devil’s advocate- painting a...