I’m embarrassed to say it: I’ve seen more of Australia than I have my own home country. Go ahead - a ring that bell and shout ‘shame, shame, shame’ for all to hear. It’s just that here wasn’t as interesting as abroad, although the UK does have so much to offer.
Read MoreWater is the basis for a lot of the world creation myths, from the creation myths of Mesopotamia to Bakuba Creation myth of Africa. Water is not only a place of creation though; it is a dangerous force of which the human and animal kingdom alike have respect, and be wary of.
Read MoreI’m trying to think of everything I would have wanted to say in the moment when the door is closed. Everything that mum or dad will be unable to say in the moment because they’ll be orbiting the room trying to keep busy with bedding and Tupperware before the last goodbye.
Read MoreI have come to the interesting realisation of the juxtaposition between ‘isolation’ and ‘escapism’. Isn’t it funny that during lockdown we have become isolated in our homes, yet we have found it possible to feel enjoyment, escapism, and freedom through our hobbies?
Read MoreI don’t know how long I’ve had a low sex drive, but it’s had a marked change over the years. Going without sex for months would have felt like a death sentence in my late teens and early 20’s, but now I just view it with a ‘it is what it is’ mindset.
Read MoreI always imagined that working from home would be the ultimate scenario. Snuggled on the sofa in my favourite pyjamas with a soft blanket slung over my shoulders, a hot cup of tea to my side and my laptop balanced on my knee firing off emails and getting everything ticked off from my work to-do list.
Read MoreSome people you meet are funny, or cruel. One thing is evident, though. You are your nationality, and that is the umbrella under which all of your traits are rationalised. Your new companions have to make sense of you, and everything has to be explained in order for them to feel comfortable around you.
Read MoreA big question that plays on my mind is where would a trans kid apply? A Boys Grammar or a Girls Grammar School? Or what about a non-binary person? Grammar Schools as a concept have this ingrained binary in most cases, with mixed Grammar Schools being few and far between (I certainly have never come across one).
Read MoreFor seven years advocacy groups and patients called out this study, urging it to be retracted, and it eventually was after outcry on Twitter. The fact that it took seven years, ironically often how long it takes for people to be diagnosed with the disease, shows how much patients are left out of the conversation about their own bodies and that ultimately the only thing worth evaluating is their appearance, not their chronic pain
Read MoreAs I wrote to my friend Gen, writing letters made me feel like I should be in a Jane Austen novel. Sappy and sentimental, maybe, but would you expect anything less from an English Literature graduate?
Read MoreAt the end of the day, it all comes down to context and/or permission: if Adele dressed like this with no reference to the black community, or did so just to be trendy or different, we’d have a problem. As it stands, I see no problem here.
Read MoreOn Pornhub, the last three months have produced 1670 videos with the tag “coronavirus”, 1396 with “Covid”, and 1050 with “quarantine face mask”. Although this explosion might seem like we’re kinkier than ever and obsessed with pushing sexual taboos (or taboobs to coin the term), this particular face mask epidemic is less to do with breaking taboobs, and more to do with a defining object of our current culture.
Read MoreLike Hercules with a discounted PureGym membership, they appeared as if they had spent lockdown in a home-made prison, furiously pushing and pulling household objects in the garage, and chewing on the cud of Tupperware broccoli chicken and rice. Being in the gym is like being in Vietnam, except with a lot more protein shake.
Read MoreWhat makes someone regard a project as a ‘business’ or a ‘hobby’?
When I was researching, business owners often initially lamented by saying ‘Would I be spending this much time and money if it was just for casual enjoyment?!’
Read MoreFor black businesses, mercy and second chances are denied. This essentially gives them the added pressure of having to work harder to inaugurate a respectable brand for themselves, and to live up to the unrealistic expectation of perfection.
I feel like somehow, the media has lost sight of some of the miraculous events that have continued, and always will continue to exist. So, I am here to make these dreams a reality, and provide a wonderful list of some of the incredible things that may have been missed.
Read More63% of adults in the UK are “above a healthy weight” and ⅓ of children are leaving primary school “living with obesity” (GOV.UK), but using an outdated body mass index ‘BMI’ scale is bound to produce misleading information. Some may say that the ‘Better Help’ intervention is a necessity, but how effective these initiatives truly will be is yet to be discovered, and I unfortunately do predict that a lot of people are going to struggle with this confrontation along the way.
Read MoreBack in June, JK Rowling caused a media storm when she took to Twitter to comment on a photo entitled “Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate”. To many, this tweet excluded those whose biological sex means they still have a menstrual cycle but identify as male. This might have been excused as a bad joke or boomer ignorance had this not been yet another example of Rowling making transphobic tweets.
Read MoreI wanted to be part of the fashion industry for a long time, but I think the lockdown period has truly opened my eyes to a lot of things that I have previously ignored - the main one being how fashion is not as digital as it could be.
Read MoreBoseman took on the role of T’challa with an ease, confidence, and regality that was as much of a tailor fit as his Black Panther suit. There was no question whether Boseman was portraying this character well enough. He just was T’Challa.
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