December 2021

Emily Nicole Roberts

I’m from Swansea in South Wales, and I’m 23 years old. I think it’s important to note here - though you’ve probably already noticed from my photo - that I use a wheelchair in my everyday life.

emily nicole roberts

I’m from Swansea in South Wales, and I’m 23 years old. I think it’s important to note here - though you’ve probably already noticed from my photo - that I use a wheelchair in my everyday life.

My friends and family will read that and sigh “yeah, we know”...

This is because I have a condition called Cerebral Palsy (CP). Embarrassingly enough, I had to learn more about CP, because a stranger once asked more questions about it that I couldn’t actually answer... *bit awks like*.

Point being, yes, I am disabled; but growing up, I was just a little girl, who sat in a little wheelchair. To my parents, I was simply Emily Nicole, their daughter/diva hahaha!!

I remember my mum saying to me in my teens that “the world didn’t revolve around me”. And I was genuinely shocked and appalled!

My life has been plenty of things, but boring isn’t one of them…

I am loud, gobby, unapologetic, and POSITIVE and I’ll be sharing random thoughts, with my unique sense of humour and potty mouth on all magazine-related topics, every month. Reading is believing!

“Botched”

When I found out that this month's issue was all about cosmetic procedures, I wondered…

Did fillers, botox, and the “jobs” that promised to perfect our faces and bodies... did they always exist?

In the 1600s, I REALLY can’t imagine people running away from the plague while taking a pit stop at Harley Street to sort their lips out.

Mid war, you didn’t see women frowning in the mirror with a ration of soap, tamping because they couldn’t have a bit more filler in the wrinkles on their foreheads.

What happened?

Vanity has always existed, hence why it’s one of the seven deadly sins in the Bible.

What hasn’t always existed though, is our direct and constant access to millions of human faces which have been edited and changed with and without our knowledge on the Internet.

No, I’m not saying everyone is a catfish, but what I am saying is, myself included, there seems to be a new fear of wanting to look normal.

What scares me is: Normal is on the verge of becoming abnormal.

If your dad has a big nose, chances are you may have a big nose; if your mum has freckles and moles, you may have them too.

Will a generation grow up not wanting to look like their parents? Instead, do we all want to look like carbon copies of what we think perfection is?

That sounds a bit robotic doesn’t it! Now, I am guilty of wanting perfect skin, long glossy locks, and not an eyebrow hair out of place…

But why?

I’ll tell you why!

Because of the countless people looking absolutely flawless and perfect I see on Instagram and magazine covers.

Although I must remind myself, I am not them and they are not me!!

After all, if we have this ticklist of what we were meant to look like, we may as well not bother making an effort at all.

Ironically enough, it may be easier for all of us to end up looking the same…

Can you imagine that?

At least ID would be easy to forge and you could borrow someone’s picture for your passport when you can’t keep a straight face in the photo booth.

Moral of the story: do whatever makes you happy and be whoever you want to be, but remember, in reality, you’re a great person regardless of your score on an imaginary scale of attractiveness.

Lots of love,

Emily xx

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