Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
I was dozing in bed a few Saturdays ago when my husband took our dog out for an early-morning walk. Alone, the mood struck and I masturbated. I had a quick, decent orgasm, followed by a rush of guilt. It wasn’t the act itself (I’m well aware that EVERYONE DOES […]
For many of us who’ve spent the last five months at home in quarantine, getting dressed has been… interesting: Putting on jeans just to immediately swap them out for boxer shorts, wearing shoes for no more than 10 minutes a day (maybe), and spending a majority of our time in […]
A glistening leopard-print bodysuit by Valentino; a cow-print mini by Burberry; a floral ruffled chiffon number by Mary Katrantzou; a garden party-perfect tiered gown from Erdem… There’s no shortage of stunning fashion moments in Beyoncé’s Black Is King. The highly anticipated visual album, a love letter to the African diaspora […]
Luan Goldie is living in two worlds, one where she is a critically-acclaimed author and another where she is a primary school teacher in one of England’s most-deprived boroughs Luan’s debut novel Nightingale Point was published last year to huge critical and commercial acclaim. It was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club […]
Beautiful pink and purple full moon rise at sunset on the Gold Coast Australia Another month, another full moon — but 3rd August’s full Sturgeon Moon is about to bring us some intense energy. In the sign of altruistic Aquarius, this moon, according to astrologer Lisa Stardust, is asking us […]
Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King, which was released on Disney+ on Friday, was arguably the greatest fashion moment of the year — from the custom leopard print jumpsuit courtesy of Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli to a cow-print corset made especially for the occasion by Burberry’s Riccardo Tisci. But it wasn’t […]
Whether you see it as the second coming of Vine, your new dance coach or maybe even a data-stealing, privacy-invading wolf in sheep’s clothing, TikTok isn’t going anywhere soon. 2020 was already looking to be a banner year for the app but lockdown made its popularity soar: it is now […]
“It’s horrible knowing it’s out there. He’s still got it. I’ve got no control over what happens to it now,” says Jennifer*. “It’s horrific.” For the last eight years, she has been living with the threat that her abusive ex-husband will send footage of them having sex to her children, […]
As I waited for my ride home from an after-school newspaper meeting back in 2005, I heard my English teacher ask “Who is that?” in a shocked tone of voice. I already knew the answer to his question, even though I hadn’t yet turned in the direction he was facing. […]
By now, you’ve probably heard about Netflix’s new reality show, Indian Matchmaking. The series follows Sima Taparia, Mumbai’s top matchmaker, as she tries to find lifelong partners for her clients in both India and the United States. She says that there are many factors when deciding who’s going to make […]
