Looking for the “bright side” of a pandemic that has killed more than half a million Americans and 2.6 million people worldwide can feel… Pollyanna-ish, to say the least. Still, as we pass the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic and the vaccine rollout continues […]
When it comes to shopping, many of us have become used to finding what we want at the click of a finger and having it delivered if not instantaneously, then within a few working days. How much thought is given to the life of the item? Where it came from […]
Aries season always seems to bring out the fire in all of us (but that might be my Aries sun talking). The weather is turning warmer, and there’s a special electricity in the air as the new astrological year begins once again. Sure, we set resolutions (or not) in January. […]
How do you know you belong? For my eight-year-old self, it was simple: Did I have friends who sat with me at lunch? Was there a Power Ranger who looked like me? Did I get to eat at McDonald’s on my birthday? Gratefully, thankfully, those juvenile hallmarks of belonging were […]
If I had to pick a song as the soundtrack for this past year, it would definitely be Beyoncé’s “Me, Myself and I.” Not because of the stress of pandemic dating, but because I’m “all I got in the end/ That’s what I found out.” Staying at home surrounded by […]
On the evening of Saturday 13th March, hundreds gathered on Clapham Common to mourn and express our collective rage at the killing of yet another woman at the hands of a man. As night began to fall, police officers turned violent, unprovokedly pushing and arresting women and gender non-conforming people in […]
When Elliot Page came out as transgender in December 2020, he set the internet ablaze. There was plenty of hatred, as there is whenever trans people exist in public space, but there was something else, too: celebration. He was perhaps the highest-profile person to ever come out as trans, and […]
While scrolling through Instagram, we accept the fact that many influencers modify their photos and present us with a polished, idealised version of their lives. A blemish, an unsightly plug socket, or even the cinching of a waist are all things we’ve come to expect. So how — and I […]
There’s no one-size-fits-all way of taking care of your natural hair. Some people find a few trusty go-tos and repurchase again and again; others tap into their inner product junkie and test-drive new market innovations until they settle down with the one(s). No matter where you fall on the spectrum, […]
The idea of credit is simple — and old. You want something that you can’t offer anything for at the moment, so you work something out with the vendor. You’ll take the item now, but reimburse them, plus a little extra for their trouble, at a later date. In centuries […]
