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You Can't Spell Healthcare without THC. Top Story - August 2022.
Mary-Jane is my favourite name. I'm not ashamed in saying I LOVE smoking cannabis, but not for recreational purposes. I live in England, so it is completely illegal. Nevertheless, as of 2018, the medical use of cannabis through the NHS was legalised. The smell of cannabis in England is not an uncommon one. 98% of cannabis in Britain is homegrown, and we now have more cannabis in our country than in The Netherlands. When they announced the changes and started selling CBD oil in shops, for people like me (disabled) this was hope that one day we wouldn't have to separate ourselves and feel bad for wanting to be out of pain just to go about our day.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Potent
How to Conquer Writers Block
For nearly two years I had writer's block. It sucked. I just couldn't write. No matter how many new ideas, or regurgitated old ones I had I just couldn't pick up the pen to write. The pandemic had just begun and while everyone was discovering new hobbies, I was rebuilding my life from the bottom of the barrel up. It was rough as you can imagine, and as such, I just didn't have the energy, or time to write. I became so depressed, and I felt like I had just spent six years studying the craft of writing for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It was an awful feeling that I wouldn't wish upon anyone, because when you lose passion for something you genuinely love, it is heartbreaking, and to fall in love again is even harder.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Education
It's Time to Open the Gates and Say Goodbye to the Keepers
It's time to open the gates and forget the idea that 'gatekeeping' as we know it today. Although art is subjective, it is there for all to interpret. How one perceives and consumes art is all based on interpretation. I like things others don't, and vice versa, but I will not tell that person they are wrong in doing so, or that they didn't understand it right because we have different perspectives; different interpretations. This is why we relate to different characters, and see ourselves in others, while others we do not. Art is there for a reaction, a reply, an effect. It is for conversations, some controversial, are taboo and perhaps necessary, while others are plain, simple and maybe a little bit dull. Art may carry meaning, but sometimes it may not. It is all dependent on you, the receiver.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in FYI
Why It's Time to Delete TikTok. Top Story - August 2022.
Okay, everyone, I hate to ruin your day but it is time to delete TikTok and downgrade our time spent on social media altogether. I miss the days TikTok was just a Ke$ha song, or better still, the days before I was born with that weird robot general thing from Return to Oz (1985). Needless to say, social media is the bane of my life, and I think I speak for my generation when I say, it has ruined us entirely. I don't know anyone who doesn't have some sort of mental health problem, from mild to major. It's as if it's contagious, and perhaps it is. Cancel culture is a poison, micro-narcissism exists everywhere spreading its toxicity to every corner of the inernet. Oh, and our privacy has been sacrificed in the name of security, but this sacrifice has been in vain. The terms and conditions have made us all willingly exchange both our privacy and security for the sake of funny videos.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in FYI
The People’s Manifesto
The Peoples’ Manifesto: A Unified Defiance L.J. NUTTALL I am writing this manifesto in the hope someone with a bit of power and influence may read this, and just by chance maybe, save humanity. I am deeply concerned for the future. When I look upon our dystopian present, I cannot help but see the treacherous path ahead. A terrifying, uncertain path which is divided, cracked, and is quickly falling apart. Our planet is dying, our systems are broken, and our government is blatantly corrupt. We all live under their iron sky of greed, lies and deceit. Forced to comply with a system that robs us of our very being. The Tories are thieves of our time and money. I am not proclaiming to be an expert but after studying the discipline of International Relations and European Politics. I want to present to you, the reader, plausible and achievable solutions to our current problems.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Futurism
Why Cancel Culture Needs to Stay in 2022.. Top Story - August 2022.
I studied the discipline of literature for five years, and what I value the most from my education is the context. Whether art, literature, music, or film - it has to be viewed in the context of its creation. During critical analysis, you must consider 1. the Context of the text; historical, political, and social. 2. the Purpose, what is the intention? Is there a moral to the story? What was the creator's aim? 3. the Receiver, what effect does it have on you the reader in your contemporary perspective, compared to the effect it had on those who first consumed the text? This is referred to as C.P.R.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Humans
Dear Count Saint Germain, Are You Still Out There?
Okay so, if you are a follower of my work then you're probably here because of my 'Who the Hell is Nicolas Flamel?' article, and if you haven't I urge you to read that piece first and then come back to this one. Anyway, I wanted to continue the theme of the alleged alchemist. Claimed immortalists who never age. Let me introduce you to the Count of Saint Germain.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in FYI
Nikki Grahame Saved My Life
Nikki Grahame saved my life. There's no other way to put it. For as long as I can remember I have struggled with food, and after watching Channel 4's Documentary Nikki Grahame: Who Is She? (2022) everything in my life changed. Nikki Grahame saved my life from beyond the grave.
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Confessions
Who the Hell is Nicolas Flamel?
Okay, so if you're like me a 90's baby, you'd probably first heard of Nicolas Flamel through Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). Well, you wouldn't believe it, but the chap was indeed real. So who is he? And why are so many of us captivated by the legend that is Flamel? Well, Nicolas Flamel was a French Philosopher born 1330/40 (as no one is entirely sure). The legend says Flamel achieved every alchemist's dream, allegedly creating the Philosopher's Stone and thus the Elixir of life. A healing stone that gifts immortality. Although records show Flamel died in 1418, it does not say how. Even though he designed his own headstone and dated it with the year 1416?
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in FYI
