People are very different. Our past experiences, our culture, our upbringing, our language and many more things that we don’t even consider define us all. But the things that put us all in the same pile are even less noticeable. One of them is heartbreak. It’s something that most of us have experienced and it has shaped us into the individuals that we are today. It has molded our past and present relationships with friends, family and partners and turned them into a reflection of our inner flora and fauna.Once you’re heart has been shattered one time by a person who you trusted, it is important to find someone to put it back together. Some of us are lucky enough to find that someone, but others aren’t. And they are blamed for it. We judge them for their actions and the way they treat others, but it’s not always their fault. They don’t trust and doubt everyone and everything. I’m not trying to make excuses for them. I’m not saying they are not wrong. I am not saying that them breaking someone else will ever make up for their own hurt. But it’s the cycle of life. It’s the things they never tell anyone that have made them into the individuals that they are today.We all seek appreciation and love in one way or another. We are all looking for something to make us worthy of what we want. Otherwise we might just end up losing it. People might see though our masks and realize that we aren’t as good as we want to seem we are. We aren’t all that people expect us to be. Maybe inside we’re just lost. Lost in our thoughts, our problems and dilemmas. And no one ever find out unless they really care. Unless they dig deeper, because they want to know the real person beneath the socially acceptable mask.


Inspirations

People say that gaining life experiences is the best possible path to inspiration. Drugs and risky situations make for the best short stories and heartbreak makes a novel truly captivating. You need to know your story in order to portray it truthfully and spark people's interest. Even though this sounds like a no-brainer isn't it just bullshit in it's purest form? How many of the modern romance novels, written by women contain anything new or amazing- a story that fascinates you as you haven't even thought that it could possibly turn this way? As I have read my fair share of those, I can tell you that not many do. And even such as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" can seem rather generic if you exclude the interesting epoc they took place in. And naturally they are considered classics, but is it because of the love story? It is true that it can provoke tears in the more sensitive of women, but isn't it the learning value of the book that makes it as inspirational as it is known to be? It allows us to take a look into what life for young women looked like at the time and do so through the eyes and pen of a women, who lived through it. She gives a female perspective of a male dominated society while including a love story that is now repeated by many modern authors.  
In society now, post-feminist women believe that anything they want is what they deserve and therefore they should achieve it. If they want to wear short skirts- they should. They don't do it for men, but for themselves. This is the key to post-feminism and naturally this readiness to strive for each desire filtered in to the writing of modern women. But in its' core has female writing really changed when it comes to romance novels? Is it possible to read a love story that we haven't read 1000 times before? Or is writing from your own experience in the love field leave you with nothing surprising?  

On my reading list right now:

  • Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice
  • Lena Dunham- Not that kind of girl
  • Sophie Kinsella- Shopaholic to the stars

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