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'Feral' by George Monbiot, which pretty much single-handedly brought the concept of rewilding - as in, reintroducing species and allowing nature to take its own paths - to the attention of the British public, as well as myself. Because of that book, I decided to study interactions… Read More

Clothes - buy fewer of them, and try to shop for second-hand as much as you can. The modern clothing industry has a terrible environmental and social cost.

I was on summer holiday in Majorca (an island off Spain), when I was thirteen years old. One night as I lay in bed waiting for my brother to turn the light off, an image flashed in my mind of what looked like someone standing on water, then something metal and shiny hurtling towards… Read More

Choking. I have had awful bruises from this. So many men seem unable to get off without depriving me of oxygen? Wtf?

Totally agree. I don't think the last one is even a cross breed - looks like full serval to me. Disgusting to keep a wild animal like that.

I replaced my nylon dental floss with Georganics dental floss which is made from silk and kept in a small glass bottle - you can order refills, so over time it definitely saves money as well as reducing non-recyclable waste! https://georganics.com/collections/natural-floss/products/natural-floss-cardamom?variant=19341261996128… Read More

Buzzfeed, that's not a warthog in #1 and #2, it's a boar...

Caraval was a MAJOR letdown :(

And also how, amusingly, Buzzfeed has decided that "contemporary" means black. Happy and excited to read any list about great, under-appreciated authors, and if it's one focusing specifically on black authors, sure, go ahead, but "contemporary"? Really?

'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver, a ghost story set in the Arctic during the days of darkness. I've read so many books in my lifetime, but this is the only one that has ever scared me - and after I'd finished, it had me waking up in the middle of the night paralysed with terror.… Read More