Lauren Lucy Thompson

Lauren | Freelance Copywriter and Editor based in the West Midlands

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Rituals and Rewilding the Self: An Interview with Women’s Circle Facilitator Gaia Harvey Jackson — Heroica Women

Gaia Harvey Jackson is a facilitator of women’s empowerment, ecstatic dance and authentic connection. In May 2017, she founded the Psychedelic Women’s Circle and has since developed a number of popular workshops, including: Rave Ritual, Slow Dating, Window to the Soul and Awakening the Wild Woman.

With a background in performance art and interactive theatre, Gaia uses movement, dance, voice work, meditation, tantric practices and ritual as modes for transformation.
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Feminism, Regeneration and Cyclical Living: An Interview with Activist Alana Bloom — Heroica Women

Alana is an artist, facilitator, mentor and activist committed to regeneration. Her mission is to support a shift towards a more nature-based eco-centric society and to support others to live wild and soulful lives through remembering their wholeness and the cyclical intelligence within and around us.

Weaving the intelligence of the more-than-human world into her work through nature connection, ritual, embodiment and cyclical wisdom, Alana leads transformational experiences for people to explore their creative gifts through community, connection and many practices inspired by theatre and dance.
Radical Art Review •

Don't Gamify Your Hobbies: The Year I Watched 100 Films

In 2018 I set myself the challenge of watching 100 films, without counting rewatches, in a bid to diversify my viewing and watch more movies. To my mind, my media consumption had become stagnant, bogged down by list upon list of friendly recommendations and long-shelved ‘must-watch’ movies from college and university film studies.

So, in much the same way people streamline their workload or self-optimise to see better results, I gamified one of my favourite hobbies. After two years of perceived
Radical Art Review •

Cardboard Citizens: Interview with the Director of Sleeping Rough

Owain Astles is the writer and director of ‘Sleeping Rough’, a community-based docudrama about street homelessness, created after having personal experiences of being homeless. He is also the founder of . We talked to him about the film's production, the many forms of homelessness, and what can be done to help as cases of homelessness continue to rise.

The film documents individual accounts of people living on the streets without access to shelter. How did you come across these stories, and how
Radical Art Review •

Taking Back Control: Black Mirror, and the Rejection of Technology

In 1995, astronomer and author Clifford Stoll foreshadowed our scepticism regarding the role of technology and the internet in our lives. His book ‘Silicon Snake Oil’ - and its accompanying article in - contains many predictions that turned out to be laughably untrue; however the conclusion to his infamous howler hits the nail on the head in more ways than one:

‘What's missing from this electronic wonderland? Human contact. Discount the fawning techno-burble about virtual communities. Computers
Taylor Magazine •

How Marya Hornbacher's 'Wasted' Helped Me Come To Terms With My Eating Disorder

I completed treatment for my eating disorder in the summer of 2015. I’ve come a long way since then, with life bringing with it a whole host of new challenges and opportunities as life is so wanton to do. Time perpetually trickles through my grasping hands. I’ve been confronted a number of times post-recovery with my old habits, seeing them mirrored back at me through other people. It’s a strange thing to see reflections of what I now know to have been an extremely toxic, muddled time in my life
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Trainspotting: Anticipating T2

Feet pound against the concrete. The drums of Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust for Life’ pound with fast-paced fervour. ‘Choose life.’ A near miss with a car on a side street. Ewan McGregor’s Mark Renton gasps a maniacal laugh, purple rings highlight his frenzied eyes. Heroin chic. But Rent-boy’s lust for life is nowhere to be seen, replaced instead by the pursuit of pure self-indulgence and pleasure. ‘Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.’ The spiel goes on, choked with nihilism and punk rock attitude...

Top Ten Best Indie Date Movies

Stuck for something to watch with your significant other this Valentine’s Day? It can be difficult to find something that isn’t too cheesy, or that won’t make you feel too terrible about your relationship during this lovey-dovey month. However, there’s no need to sweat it. Here is a list of films that prove love doesn’t always have to unfold with pomp and clichés, or even have a happy ending. So without further ado, here’s a list of the top ten best indie romance films to cuddle up to this month