Don’t listen to Dr TikTok: The truth behind the trending prefrontal cortex phenomenon
If your ‘For You Page’ (FYP) looks anything like most of ours, you may be stuck in a loop watching video after video about the development of our brain’s prefrontal cortex. But, is there any truth in this emerging narrative that alleges we should all be reaching peak...
Gen Z are sadder than ever and we need to talk about it
The 2024 World Happiness Report was released back in March and amongst its findings are some pretty shocking statistics that aren’t being spoken about enough. One of these is that Gen Z Brits are sadder than ever reported before. It’s important to acknowledge the...
Autism in an age of TikTok self diagnosis
With waiting times for autism screenings constantly on the increase, are TikTok trends that fixate on self diagnosis really that helpful? Messy explores... ‘Bit of the tism’ ‘I’m really triggered by stuff like that’ ‘I’m feeling overstimulated right now.’ Sound...
Top 10 body positive content creators to follow this summer
With bikini season on the horizon, what better time to fill our social media feeds with body positive content creators, encouraging us to embrace our bodies and feel confident in our skin. We’re all way too familiar with the never ending scroll that seems to catch you...
10 Questions with a social media manager
We caught up with social media manager Robyn about the highs and lows of this popular job role. How did you get into being a social media manager? I saw it advertised on social media and decided to apply despite being happy in my previous role; this position was with...
I haven’t used a smartphone in a year. This is how I feel about it
I did the notorious “digital detox” for a whopping twelve months. But not because I wanted to be in on the trend or “rediscover myself”. It happened because I’m an idiot. Overall, I’m a very clumsy person. I forget, lose and drop things all of the time. You might have...
How to stop the endless scroll: saving your attention span
TikTok and Instagram have become the definitive ways of relaxing. Except it isn’t relaxing at all. We don't know what counts as relaxing and what counts as work anymore. How do we fix our attention span? We’re all hooked. Let’s not lie to ourselves. We have an...
‘TikTok told me the pill would make me infertile’
Messy explores the misinformation circulating the pill and its side effects. Memory might be fading from year seven, where putting a condom on a purple plastic penis and being separated into ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ classes to have your RE teacher talk to you about...