I am Sarah Alexander, I’m a plus-size disability, fashion, and lifestyle content creator, writer, and activist. I write for Motability, Cosmopolitan and Teva. I have also created content with Channel 4, Marvel, Schuh and Snag Tights.
My SF/EMG Test Experience
TW: NeedlesI thought it was about time I gave you a little update on my health. Nothing has changed but I wanted to share my experience with the tests I had a week ago.I had an appointment with my new neurologist at the end of May. I wished she listened and was awesome, and she...
Life Update: It’s Been a While and My Health is Shit
It’s been almost nine months…NINE MONTHS since I put some words down on here. I can’t quite believe it’s been that long but I also can believe it. It’s been a struggle, I’ve not had much to say, and I wanted to wait until I had some answers before updating you all. March 2020...
Of Hearts: The Bra Strap
I’ve wanted to write something like this for a while, I guess you could call it a series of stories, things that happened to me or things I want to talk about that aren’t conventional blog posts. I’m titling it Of Hearts because it’s a play on words regarding the Queen of Hearts and...
Skull Shaver Butterfly Kiss Fierce Shaver Review
*Disclaimer: Ad. This post contains PR items. So, here’s the story; my Pops is a new Facebook user and every ad that pops up on his feed, he thoroughly investigates. That’s how I was introduced to Skull Shaver. Via my dad’s Facebook ads. It’s his 70th birthday next month and I called him asking if...
Wall Art With Desenio
*Disclaimer: AD. This post is sponsored Initially this post was going to show off my finished bedroom, complete with the beautiful wall art that I took hours choosing from Desenio, however with COVID-19 taking over the world, my final bits and pieces I needed to finish off our bedroom have been postponed. I’m still waiting...
Four Ways to Style Truffle Shuffle T-shirts: Plus Size Edit
*Disclaimer: AD. This post contains gifted items from Truffle Shuffle. I am a massive fan of a T-shirt; slogan tees, band tees, film/tv tees – they’re my jam. They’re easy to wear, can be dressed up or down, and they’re just comfortable. As a wheelchair user, I don’t like clothes that are too constrictive because...
Making Friends as an Adult is Hard
Image by Khandie Photography Making friends as an adult is hard. Making friends as a disabled adult is really hard. I’m in my early thirties, I spend a lot of time at home due to my health and it gets really isolating. Remember as a kid, you’d go up to another kid, ask them to...
Don’t Bring Fatphobia into 2020
Image by Khandie Photography TW: Diet talk, eating disorders I realise we’re half way through January but still….The ‘new year, new me’ bullshit has begun. The soar in diet culture and the memes about being fat are polluting social media sites, and its gross. I’m quite frankly sick of logging into Facebook and seeing ‘friends’...
Christmas Eve Nostalgia
I’m haven’t been feeling Christmas the last few years; I know, I know, blasphemous, but it’s the truth. Just call me the Grinch. I’m 32, I don’t have kids and I just don’t get excited anymore, it’s a strange feeling. However, I won’t bore you all and complain about the holidays, instead I’m going to...
My Dream Accessible Bathroom
*Disclaimer: This post is commissioned by Bathing Solutions to give my thoughts on what I look for in an accessible bathroom We moved house at the end of April and I love our accessible bungalow; it’s really big, plenty of room for my wheelchair, lots of storage space and just all-round amazing. However, whoever lived...
Accessibility: Captioning Your Instagram Story
If you’re using Instagram Story and are not adding captions when you speak on there, why? Yes, it takes a bit more time. Yes, you have to watch your clips back a few times, but ultimately, Instagram, and all aspects of social media and the internet should be accessible to everyone. Subtitles on Instagram Story...
Why I Decided on Quick-Step Laminate Flooring as a Wheelchair User
*Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Quick-Step It feels like ages ago that we moved house but we’ve only actually lived in our new bungalow a couple of months and the decorating is still all on-going. There’s currently only the hall that is complete; or so my boyfriend will tell you, I, however still need...