Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
June is Pride month, which marks the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots — when transgender people, gay people, and drag queens protested police brutality for six days after a violent raid at NYC’s Stonewall Inn — the queer community has once again found themselves on the frontlines, this time […]
Along with frizz and mosquito bites, body acne is a headache that hits hardest in the summer. When you have rash-like pimples sprouting on the back of your neck or shoulders, you want a speedy fix — preferably before you put on a swimsuit. So, you ask a friend for […]
Nothing disrupts a lazy day spent in the sunshine — a long walk around your neighbourhood, or digging into a new memoir from a beach chair situated on your terrace — like a gust of wind picking up your hair and blowing it everywhere. Even with sand less of a […]
Get ready to enter a month filled with endless emotions and tear-jerking nostalgia. That’s right; after a month spent in energetic Gemini, June 20 marks the beginning of Cancer season — a date that coincides with the summer solstice. This year, the energy of Cancer season will be three times […]
I can’t be the only one who still gets chills thinking about Demi Lovato’s emotional return to the Grammy’s earlier this year — or, for that matter, the ethereal Christian Siriano white gown she wore. The stylist behind Lovato’s white long-sleeved gown with structured shoulders and a studded bodice was […]
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor, professor and author. Reflecting on her own life story, which saw her mum breaking the rules on Muslim womanhood, she muses on what it means to be both Muslim and a woman (Photography: Phillip Smith) I was raised between multiple […]
Yasmin Kayali, co-founder of Basmeh and Zeitooneh charity, explains how she’s ensuring fellow Syrians survive lockdown and prepare for an uncertain future As you read this during Refugee Week 2020, imagine you’re a mother cooped up with your children in a single room. Cooking, studying, washing – all in a […]
At the rally for Black transgender lives, protesters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a sea of white. They listened, and the air in front of Brooklyn Museum — which is just one of the many locations this silent protest took place — was palpably filled with pride. But the massive display of […]
The fight against racism hasn’t lost any steam following the global protests demanding justice for the countless Black people who have lost their lives at the hands of police violence. Breonna Taylor was one of those victims of police brutality, and Beyoncé is doing everything in her power to make […]
In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ+ workers from discrimination. The vote, which took place Monday, June 15, determined that gay, lesbian, and transgender workers should be protected by the language in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law […]
