'Shebeen', 21/06/2018; a review.
22 June 2018 • From the Box Office, gracie gets dramatic, Shebeen, theatre, theatre review
I
was thrilled to attend the press night of ‘Shebeen’ at the
Theatre Royal Stratford East, last night – and equally excited to
take the lovely Jo, my fellow theatre fanatic, along with me.
Source: Stratford East
Bookish News; June/July.
21 June 2018 • Annie Belasco, book events, bookish, Chidera Eggerue, Love & Remission, Michelle Elman, saggyboobsmatter, scarred not scared, The Slumflower
Lovely readers, I have some fabulous book news for you, and recently realised that it all really needed to be thrown together in one big blog post!
Firstly
no, sadly there is no big book deal news in this
post (that's still a way off yet, tbh) but I am probably just
as excited about these things as I'll be someday when I am taking
numerous uncool selfies with my book when it's on shelves in shops.
I
have three big things to tell you about: two book events (one now
done, another still to come) and a book contribution...!!
Panel event at Waterstones TCR, 22.06.2017.
Authors (L-R): Tanya Landman, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Lisa Heathfield.
Authors (L-R): Tanya Landman, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Lisa Heathfield.
i-D Beauty Week, 2018; 'Behind the Scars'.
15 June 2018 • Beauty Week, Behind the Scars, body positivity, grace in the media, i-D, Sophie Mayanne
About
a month ago, I went up to Peckham to see the wonderful Sophie Mayanne
and take part in a shoot for i-D.
The enormous online platform wanted to feature Sophie's work – and
some of her models – in mini-doc video form for their
2018 Beauty
Week. Hell, yes.
Make your wedding 'the party of the year'! *
• collab
Your
wedding should definitely be the party of the year, if not
the decade (that depends on how confident you’re
feeling)! But if you want your wedding reception to be a
party that everyone involved will remember for all the right reasons,
and for a very long time, you need to start planning ASAP.
We’ve
got some great ideas for what you should do to make
your wedding party
more fun, and more memorable.
Prideful parents.
13 June 2018 • gracie actually has opinions, millennial, millennials, opinion, parents, prideful
I
have no time for parents who measure themselves on their children’s
successes – or are ashamed if their kids aren’t quite keeping to
the plan they set out for them the second they were born.
Yes, I know this sounds blunt – yet also very pointed – and, well, it is.
This isn't tea. This post is, though.
36.
11 June 2018 • about me, facts
My
name’s Grace.
The
hit song ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ will never not make me
emotional and nobody knows why, I’ve got tufty hair, I love
broccoli, I wear too much blue, I’m a feminist, my massive book
collection is both wonderful and terrifying, I know way too many
Instagram tricks, lilac is my favourite colour, I keep telling people
I'm 25 when I'm not quite done being 24, I’ve now seen 2 of my
friends get married, walking is my favourite way to exercise, vegan life is treating me well but I’m nervous
to blog about it, I want to do more work hosting book events, this
weekend I’m throwing a party to celebrate my brain’s continued
health, tomorrow I’m seeing my neurosurgeon and hopefully getting
my life un-paused.
(Photo: Paris Tate)
What's my 'type'?
8 June 2018 • creative, Grace Talks Sex, gracie actually has opinions, type
'So,
that's the one you went out with?' Dad asks, nodding towards the bar
where a lovely, lean fellow is pulling a pale ale. 'But...he doesn't have any tattoos, and he's white!? Not quite your
type, Grace!'
We
all have a giggle at this, and I quip; 'yes, but he smokes and works
behind a bar. That’s two boxes ticked!'
'Heathers' live lounge event, 5/06/2018; a review.
7 June 2018 • Carrie Hope Fletcher, From the Box Office, gracie gets dramatic, Heathers, theatre, theatre preview, theatre review
I
was very privileged to see a cheeky little preview of what is set to
be an 8-week treat for the West End, starting this Saturday
9th... 'Heathers'!
Greetings,
salutations. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is
just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s
unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and
impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to
come true. Until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches
her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a
somebody…
Recent Reads: The 18th, 19th and 20th of 2018!
4 June 2018 • Alice Oseman, Am I Ugly?, bookish, I Was Born for This, Michelle Elman, recent reads, scarred not scared
I have recently read three very different books; a novel by one of the best YA authors on the scene right now, a memoir by a fabulous, body positive friend of mine, and a funny, illustrated sort-of self-help non-fic.
These books fit together perfectly, one after the other, in my mind. The themes and messages were similar in some ways, but different enough that I felt each one separate and stand alone on my mental bookshelf. One inspired me endlessly to be more vocal about my scars and positive about my body; one reassured me that not everyone 'adults' all that well...and one showed me the true darkness behind the scenes of a world famous fictional boy band.
You're just like a Pill...
2 June 2018 • personal, Pill, taboo, the pill
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TW: Blood, guts and female angst. ~
Recently, I did the thing every other blogger, vlogger and influencer seems to be doing, these days – I came off the Pill.
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why do we capitalise the P in Pill? Genuinely wondering. Does that
give it weight and make it obvious what pill we specifically mean?
Well, in case it wasn’t clear, I mean the Pill as in the pill that
stops me making babies and keeps my bleeding under control. Yeah, that one.
I was pondering giving it up when I first saw the wise Hannah W’s video series about coming off the pill. I then began to seriously consider it this time last year, when I began to get some freaky feelings and irregular periods (turns out that was just my bowels being bitchy – ah, well).
Circolombia, 31/5/2018; a review.
1 June 2018 • Circolombia, circus, From the Box Office, gracie gets dramatic, theatre review, Underbelly, Underbelly Festival
Last
night, I saw 'Circolombia' at
the Underbelly. This was my third
circus experience at that festival this year, and it may be
a bit cheeky to say, but...it may have been my favourite.
This
show is no ordinary circus. It celebrates diversity and
brings song, dance and a big personality in with the insane feats of
strength, balance and creativity.
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