I watched many films as a child. My family used to love all sitting down and watching Disney films on video. In this post, you need to get super used to me saying 'video' because this list consists solely of films that used to freak me out when I was around the age of ten. And back then, we used to have a video player (this is making me feel super old). Well anyone let me explain what I was like as a child. I was dramatic (I still am) and to be honest, I was a bit of a scaredy-cat. Writing this post has made me realise how funny my fears were as a child. So without further ado, here is my list of films that used to terrify me as a child!

You know that comedy film with Jim Carrey that came out in the 90s? That film that was meant to be hilarious and everyone enjoyed it? Well, me too. It is burned into my brain. I used to have a job every Sunday where I would go into my living room and dust all the shelves. One of the shelves that got the dustiest, was the one containing all the videos (yes, videos, that's how old I was). Basically, we had the video of The Mask starring Sir Jim Carrey. I loved this film. I thought it was amazing. However, the video cover was terrifying to me as a young child. I hated it! I would make my mum remove it from the living room before I would even consider tidying it. It was just something about the bright green face grinning on the front. I am sorry mum for being such an overdramatic child!

A masterpiece of a film and for anyone who isn't as overdramatic as me, probably not scary at all! However, the scene I used to hate as a child was when Sen's parents turn into pigs. I hated the idea of that! I don't know why. Even in my illogical child brain, I knew my parents wouldn't even turn into pigs. So why was I so scared of it? (I love it now though, well done Studio Ghibli)

Okay, so when I say The Mummy, I mean the film that came out in 1999, with the sub-par effects that reminded you the film was fake. Yeah, that film. Well, when I was a child (about 8 years old), I had an obsession with history. I loved learning about the Tudors, Victorians and the Egyptians. My dad also loves learning about history and the people that came before us. So, he thought it would be a good idea to show me The Mummy. After me witnessing the scene of the spiders eating that man alive, me crying continuously and then spending the next two weeks sleeping in my parent's bed, he no longer was allowed to show me any more scary films. 

Thank you for reading this rant-y (if not a little bit dramatic) post!

I don't know if this is just because I love cheese, but honestly, it's so expensive. When I lived at home with my parents, the cheese was just always in the fridge. I could go to the fridge and make a cheese sandwich and not have to worry about how much money it was going to be to replace it. Honestly, this might just be me (because I love cheese a little too much) but really, cherish the cheese you have right now. It really is a large part of my shopping bill.

Okay, so I was told this before I moved and I actually do have a funny story to go alongside this reality. So, before I moved out my mum taught me how to use a washing machine. When I got to university, it was fine. My whites go on a whitewash and my colours and darks go on a coloured wash - easy right? I started to get a little bit...overconfident. Basically, I thought it was all a myth. Whoever had been telling me that colours and whites couldn't go together was lying. It would fine. So one day, whilst putting my wash on, I chucked a white sock in with my colours. Just to see what would happen. Nothing. The sock came out white and none of the other colours had affected it. Interesting I thought - very interesting. I was convinced it was a lie. Why would people lie about not being about to put colours and whites into a wash?  - I thought. Anyway, a couple of weeks in my second year of university, I heard a scream from my communal kitchen. Literally of my best friends clothes had turned pink. Somehow someone had put some coloured sheets into her light wash and literally all trousers, t-shirts and socks had turned a wish-washy colour of pink. And needless to say - she continued to wear them. But I, however, never put colours and lights together again. 

My mum couldn't have been the only parent to yell at my siblings and me when we would put empty packets of food back in the cupboard instead of binning them. I used to think it was funny - what was the problem with an empty packet getting put back? But now I get it. It is one of the most annoying (yet mild) inconveniences in life. It takes two seconds to throw something away, so why don't you just put it in the bin which in fact is probably closer than the cupboard? I get it Mum and I am sorry. 

Finally and probably one of the hardest lessons I had to learn, there is no washing up fairy. You have to all your own washing up otherwise, you won't have plates or mugs. I don't really know what else to say about this, other than I am shocked that isn't one.

Okay, let's talk about fast fashion. Fast fashion is where inexpensive clothing is produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.

When I was in high school, Superdry was the biggest brand that you had to have. I (fortunately) never got on this trend. But my school was flooded with kids running around in their pink and black or orange and black, waterproof, Superdry coats. Another big trend in high school was Cath Kidston bags and yes, I was in on this trend. For all the lucky ex-high school kids who don't know what Cath Kidston is, let me explain. There was a take-over of bags from this shop in my school. These bags were oil clothed and made to last forever. However, as the Superdry and Cath Kidston trends died down, fewer and fewer people bought their coats and bags to school. Now, what I find funny about this is that these products were not cheap and were definitely meant to last. And although I am definitely didn't jump on the waterproof, Superdry coat bandwagon, I was guilty of hoarding Cath Kidston bags in the back of my wardrobe until I recently donated them. And this is a classic example of fast fashion.

I would love to say that fast fashion affects children more than adults, but in reality, I don't think it does. Yes, if children go to school and see everybody wearing a Superdry coat, they are going to want one too and eventually when people stop wearing them, they will stop too. But I think adults are just as inclined to go into shops like H&M or Primark and browse the sale rack. I think fast fashion is marketed more towards adults. For instance, every advert for clothing on Tv is for aimed at adults, even the clothes for children is marketed towards parents as the clothing is described as being 'durable and easy to wash', which I can almost guarantee, the children will not care about. 

So, there are a few reasons how fast fashion is impacting our environment. First of all, textile dyeing is the second largest polluter of clean water globally, after agriculture. The amount of energy and dye it takes to colour clothes is crazy and with clothes going and out of trend as fast as they do, it creates an even bigger carbon footprint. Secondly, any waste we create as humans is not great. So many clothes start at full price in the store, then go to the sale rack for really cheap and are then just thrown away when not sold. In reality, chains should be donating clothes or putting non-sold items to better use. Thirdly, most popular clothing stores use polyester in their fabrics as it's cheap and durable. However, when you wash polyester garments they shed microfibres that add to the increasing levels of plastic in the ocean. Microfibres are really small and can easily pass through water and sewage, making their way straight to the sea. Which is exactly what humanity should be trying to avoid.

How can we do to combat fast fashion? It's simple really, donate, reuse, resell and try to avoid bigger retailers. Of course, I am not saying boycott shops like Zara, TopShop and H&M forever, but after you have used and loved some clothing, donate it. Don't bin it. If you have a whole in a loved jumper, don't throw it away, sew it back up. Also, shop more in charity shops. The amount of bargains I have found in my local thrift shops is crazy and to think that I could have paid full price for a less environmentally friendly version in a high-street shop is ludicrous.