Category: Personal Essays

Personal essays and thought pieces about topics such as: what empowering women means to me, how to be pro-feminist without being anti-man, etc

  • The Meet Cute is NOT Dead

    The Meet Cute is NOT Dead

    Everyone I talk to is sick of dating apps. They’re oversaturated. They give the illusion of infinite options. They make people lazy. But what’s the alternative?  According to my very reliable sample set of single friends, there is no alternative. Dating apps are the only way people meet potential partners these days. The pandemic made… Read more

  • Am I Allowed To Want to Lose Weight?

    Am I Allowed To Want to Lose Weight?

    At Revellations, we want each and every one of you to feel confident, sexy, and comfortable in your own bodies. Whether it be when we go shopping (and nothing fits properly 🙄), on social media (with influencers selling us the latest “wellness” hacks), or in the supposed cesspool of modern dating (this writer wishes she… Read more

  • Why Are We Here?

    Why Are We Here?

    Welcome to Revellations When I was a teenager, I would staunchly declare that I was NOT a feminist. I’d been fed media throughout my childhood that painted a picture of women claiming the title as angry man haters, and I wanted no part of it. As the younger sister to two caring older brothers and… Read more