YELLOW LYME
This is a blog about navigating personal identity and societal norms. I write about everything from health, motherhood and work, to appearance, class and prejudice. Yellow Lyme is about engaging, asking questions, and seeing things from multiple perspectives. Where one person will see a lemon, another will see a yellow lime. Enjoy your stay, visit often, invite along your favourite people, and write to me with your thoughts and ideas.
April 26, 2014
Recently, upon seeing a photo of my daughter, someone close to me said ‘I love her crazy hair.’
This was said with a great deal of genuine love and affection, I know, but deep down, it offended me. I thought to myself, what about her hair is crazy?
I thought maybe yo...
March 29, 2014
As of midnight last night, gay couples are free to marry in England and Wales. This is a victory. And I feel so happy for all of the gay couples out there who can finally have their loving relationships recognised in the eyes of the law.
Having said this, I can’t help...
June 13, 2013
We like to think of racism as a thing of the past. Truth is, it isn't. All we are is more aware of what's politically correct to voice and what's better kept to ourselves.
On a positive note, we're increasingly willing to look at ourselves, acknowledge our prejudices a...
