It was sometime around early 2021 and I was on the phone to my best friend of 17 years, reminiscing about the absolutely chaotic online shenanigans and situations we’d get into as teenagers back in the day. Back when MSN Messenger ruled supreme, and the only social media platforms available were the ‘Myspaces’ and ‘Hi-Fives’ […]

I wake up in the morning and open my notebook to a new page. Being left-handed, I write on the right side of the page. Always on the right-hand side. I always use a blue pen for this particular notebook. Never any other colour. Continuity is important for me. I write out my list for […]

“You’re gonna be the age Jesus was when he died. Wild. Happy Birthday tho.” My Mum I’m shaft-deep into this whole ‘being in my thirties’ thing now and so far, it’s been alright. I didn’t really know what to expect when I initially turned thirty, as mentally I still felt like a teenager. Not in […]

Picture the scene. It’s 2013 and you’ve just come home from work. After having your dinner and chilling out (or in my case, during my lunch break at work), you pop on the kettle, break open the web browser and proceed to open a plethora of blog site tabs ranging from beauty and skincare to […]

I’ve always abhorred Love, Actually. The Notebook? An abysmal piece of cinema. When Harry Met Sally? Never heard of her. I’ve always been vehemently opposed to any kind of content involving romance, love and all the other corny narratives surrounding dating and relationships, and I would dismiss it under the guise of me thinking it’s […]

[Trigger warning: baby loss] I knew that I wanted to be a Mother at the age of 18. Coming from a large African family, the perceived importance of ‘having as many kids as possible, as young as possible’ is a narrative that has been embedded into the minds of daughters across the Diaspora for centuries […]