My best friend Madison keeps a list on her phone of all of the different English slang that I say, so she has kind of like a translator so she can understand without having to ask me, "What on Earth are you talking about when you say 'nackered'?"

I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, anti-men and, unattractive.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.

The most embarrassing one is that I had no idea - and please excuse me - that you guys call a condom a rubber. My version of a rubber is an eraser. I've done that - very loudly asked for a rubber and people have given me strange looks. That was embarrassing!

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.

How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?