A Not So Blue Monday

Hello pals! It's been another busy week, settling into my new job and with new jobs comes new routines. I've always been one for routines and I'm so happy I have one that I can stick to again. This new job is great so far and still giving me time to focus on other important things like music and friends. Work hard, play hard and all that, here are the things that have made me particularly happy this week:

Secret Life of 5 Year Olds: All Girls __________________________________________________

This week marked the 100th anniversary of when certain women were granted the right to vote for the first time. Although not all women, very far from it; it still is something to celebrate because these certain suffragettes started it all, got the ball rolling as it were. To celebrate channel 4 decided to broadcast a special episode for one of my favourite programs The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds where they only featured and focused on girls. It was so, so interesting to see how they all interacted and how deep routed gender stereotypes actually are in our society. But also it was really uplifting, these little girls are so tuned in and it's so, so refreshing to see this generation interact with each other so positively. From a psychological perspective, we still have a long way to go with how we treat women in society, a lot of the things they were saying were eye opening. But boy was it amazing to watch them negotiate politics and even talk intelligently about the patriarchy!  It was very gently done and although I am not the biggest fan of children, their development is still incredibly important and we must protect these lil' beans from this terrifying society, although they seem to be doing that pretty well by themselves. 

Cavetown_________________________________________________________________________

I came across a pretty well known Youtube musician this week. Someone I hadn't heard of before. His voice stopped me in my tracks and the lyrics to this song captured me and still haven't let me go. Cavetown is the right balance of quirky and poignant and after watching this incredibly clever music video, I decided to listen to his whole album -which is amazing and on spotify- Basically Robbie made me feel so inspired because he is doing exactly what I want to do and achieving everything I hope to achieve this year. Also he's just a lovely lil' bean and his chameleon is hella' cute. Go and listen to his new single Lemon Boy if you haven't already heard it, the music video is 10/10. 

Berets____________________________________________________________________________

I have short hair now and that means I get to wear more hats -not that you can't wear hats with long hair, but you get what I mean- I've owned an oversized grey beret for a while now and although I do love it, it is pretty big, like it takes up half of my forehead, v floppy, good for when hungover and want to hide face. However I was still yet to join the ultimate beret bandwagon, until the other day when I bought two online. A burgundy\cherry red colour and a classic black one and I love them and haven't taken them off, especially the red one. I just think you can't go wrong with a beret and short hair, especially in this weather. Pair them with a huge pair of sunglasses and wola! You're suddenly Audrey Hepburn on your bus ride to work, how chic!

How was your Monday?