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Belle de Jong
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Sep 7, 2024
7 min read
I’m not wearing florals to your domestic abuse film
Jul 6, 2024
5 min read
I'm tired
Mar 30, 2024
4 min read
It's Vincent van Gogh's birthday
Feb 10, 2024
6 min read
I live on a tiny island and life seems good
Dec 27, 2023
7 min read
What a year.
Sep 24, 2023
6 min read
My family evicted me and lost my belongings
Jul 22, 2023
4 min read
Bye bye Brussels
Jun 18, 2023
4 min read
An ode to Opa, before he's dead
May 22, 2023
3 min read
Having ‘mental health problems’ is not the same as being mentally ill
May 5, 2023
2 min read
First post of 2023?! On pressure & perfectionism
Dec 6, 2022
5 min read
In Malta, people only care about the lives of two things: stray cats and the unborn
Nov 29, 2022
3 min read
Life has been pretty garbage, but I’m good
Oct 11, 2022
2 min read
Everyone supports mental health until you want to blow your brains out
Sep 18, 2022
2 min read
I quit my job, again
Aug 1, 2022
4 min read
24 hours at a Croatian gas station
Jul 20, 2022
3 min read
Travelling isn’t always bliss
Jul 15, 2022
3 min read
The cause of my Interrail trip
Jun 17, 2022
5 min read
Of course I’m single, I’m a walking red flag
Apr 16, 2022
6 min read
How I live with bipolar disorder
Apr 4, 2022
3 min read
My new job is amazing. Am I… settled?
Mar 11, 2022
3 min read
A premature goodbye to the European Parliament
Feb 20, 2022
3 min read
Belle in Bruxelles: from bad to better
Jan 16, 2022
3 min read
I now understand why people hate feminists. Have we been doing feminism wrong all along?
Jan 8, 2022
4 min read
I started 2022 by moving countries, and it was harder than ever
Dec 25, 2021
4 min read
Christmas isn't so holly & jolly in this place I can't call home
Dec 19, 2021
6 min read
I didn’t want to leave Malta, but here I am
Dec 9, 2021
3 min read
Abortion interview 2.0: This time I was treated with respect
Nov 28, 2021
5 min read
A girl boss’ guide to getting over someone you never even dated
Nov 25, 2021
3 min read
I spoke about my abortion on national TV in Malta, where it’s illegal
Nov 20, 2021
6 min read
How a toxic work environment destroyed my mental health
Nov 14, 2021
3 min read
Why I left Lovin Malta
Nov 5, 2021
3 min read
Reporting in and on the European Union: it’s all about understanding
Oct 19, 2021
4 min read
I got chlamydia and realised I never had sex education
Oct 1, 2021
3 min read
I'm thriving, but I'm tired
Aug 28, 2021
3 min read
If it wasn’t for my abortion, I would have had a baby by now
Aug 11, 2021
4 min read
Malta’s infamous ‘cat killer’ claims I was hired to 'promote psychiatry with fake articles'
Aug 3, 2021
4 min read
How I know I’m doing better than a year ago
Jul 24, 2021
4 min read
Here’s why people protested against vaccines and for their freedom in Valletta
Jun 20, 2021
8 min read
Are you going to save the world or yourself?
May 13, 2021
5 min read
Why I write about mental health
Apr 29, 2021
4 min read
Are men drastically undersexualised?
Apr 7, 2021
4 min read
I can’t believe they let me adopt a dog
Mar 24, 2021
4 min read
A year of recovery: to hell and back
Mar 4, 2021
5 min read
Is everybody, like, alright?
Jan 11, 2021
2 min read
The power of storytelling: how my Mount Carmel story went viral
Jan 5, 2021
4 min read
I spent 8 days in a Mount Carmel psych ward. This is what it was like
Dec 25, 2020
2 min read
The End of 2020
Dec 16, 2020
3 min read
Tinder in Malta – “Isn’t that your cousin?”
Dec 14, 2020
1 min read
Corona Chronicles
Nov 9, 2020
4 min read
I nearly bought a $5000 water machine - so you don’t have to
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