Sammy premiered Bicycle during the Short Film Screening at Toronto’s Buffer Festival, where it won the festival’s Excellence in Performance Award. The film, which sees fellow creator Chris Kendall as the main and only character, explores bisexuality through the use of stand-up comedy.

Creating YouTube videos wasn’t something Iwan Carrington thought he would be doing when he launched his lifestyle blog, Mr Carrington. However, as he became an avid viewer of the site, he began thinking about creating his own channel, which would later come to host over 20,000 subscribers.

Followed by six more books and eight movies, the series not only got a generation of kids into reading, but also allowed us an escape for when the real world got a bit too much. Through following the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, we were introduced to the likes of Dementors and Hippogriffs, became enthralled in many a Quidditch match, and were left biting our nails during the Second Wizarding War.

Katherine “Kétie” Memory Jones was born in Asheville, North Carolina on December 19, 1989. While her father died when she was a child, she lived with her mother, Jevona Livingston, and her half-siblings, Chris and Becca. Throughout her early life, the family moved around, settling in Michigan before returning to North Carolina in 2004, this time moving to Charlotte.

Molly Bish was born on August 2, 1983 to parents John Sr. and Magi Bish, a probation office and elementary school teacher respectively. The family, who had moved from Detroit, Michigan to Warren, Massachusetts, also consisted of Molly’s siblings, Heather and John Jr.

Maura Murray was born on May 4, 1982 to parents Fred and Laurie Murray. One of five children, she lived the majority of her life in Hanson, Massachusetts.

Hot off the heels of the release of their long-awaited sophomore album, Dangerkids are looking to make one of the strongest comebacks of 2017. With a hard-hitting sound that’s drenched in the likes of alternative rock, post-hardcore and everything in-between, they’re well on their way to making sure those who forgot about them know they’re back, and with a vengeance.

Stories For Monday is the highly anticipated new album from Arizona pop-punks, The Summer Set. The album that almost wasn’t, Stories For Monday sees the band re-discovering their love of music and bringing a rejuvenated energy that’ll leave listeners hooked, and will show everyone that these five are back in music for the long haul.

Stick To Your Guns have always been a band to defy convention. Whether they’re writing about political opinions or are sticking to the brand of hardcore they know and love, the band have held their own throughout the years and have managed to achieve a career many long for. This year, they’re hoping to continue their upward trajectory with their explosive fifth studio album, Disobedient, and it’s one that doesn’t miss a beat.

“We set out on an adventure to write this record. We took time off [from] our jobs to hike and camp the Appalachian Trail and [followed] up our adventures there in a log cabin in Chattanooga, TN, where we converted the entire living room into a writing studio,” says Kids vocalist and bassist Joshua Diaz about the band’s upcoming debut album, Rich Coast. “We played old spaghetti westerns and kung fu movies on silent – films we watched as a kid – as we documented musically the feelings of the adventures we just had, paired with lyrics inspired over the last few years of our lives.”

Writer’s Note: Last week, I had the idea of writing a few diary entries from the point of view of someone with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by the restriction of food. As someone who is currently recovering from anorexia, I have seen and heard pretty much all the stereotypes placed upon someone with it, and feel these entries might open some eyes and show readers the reality of the disorder. It’s a two-part series, with each part focusing on a different journey: the first part on the disorder’s development and part two on one's recovery from it.

“Oh, it’s just my OCD acting up”. “I didn’t eat so I could be pretty”. “I’m just a little ADHD”. If you’ve heard one of these statements, then you’ve experienced the ever growing romanticisation of mental illness. Incidences in which mental illness is used as the butt of a joke or to describe a quirk are on the rise and it looks like this trend isn’t going away. Mental illness is being downplayed and the view that it’s a cute personality trait instead of a debilitating disorder is hurting those who genuinely suffer from one.