Author: Celiece Channet

How My Belly Button Piercing Taught Me To Love My Stomach

How My Belly Button Piercing Taught Me To Love My Stomach

Image via @louis.piercer/Instagram As a teenager, the coolest thing you could do was to get your belly button pierced. Unfortunately, with a strict Zambian mother, I was forced to skip that edgy phase, and more than a decade on, I find myself compensating for lost time. After making their mark […]

The World Isn’t Built To Celebrate Trans Joy But After 9 Years, I’ve Finally Found It

In October, my wife and I married on beautiful Gundungurra Country in the Megalong valley in Australia, surrounded by our family and friends.  It was a big deal. Not only was this my wedding day, but it was also the first time meeting much of my extended family and friends […]

5 Jewellery Advent Calendars We’re Dreaming Of Opening

5 Jewellery Advent Calendars We’re Dreaming Of Opening

Festive fervour seems to have erupted overnight with holiday adverts dominating our screens, high street displays in full swing and Christmas trees popping up, too. Besides strategically planning our gifting lists ahead of Black Friday sales, we’re edging closer to 1st December when we can officially see what’s behind door […]

Serial Overpackers, Rejoice: Big Bags Are Back

Jacquemus Chiquito, you’ve had your fun. But the big bag is back, ready to reclaim its throne as the most coveted accessory on the market. Though mini bags have become a charming runway and retail fixture over the past few years — and seemingly only got smaller and smaller as […]

‘The White Lotus’ Season 2 Costumes Include Odes to Fellini, ‘Pretty Woman’ and Monica Vitti

Warning: Spoilers for episodes one through three of ‘The White Lotus’ season two below. Checking in for the second installment of “The White Lotus,” billionaire heiress Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) has upgraded from “Petal” to “Blossom” elite perks status at the fictional luxury resort chain. … Continue reading

The “Chill Girl” Is Dead — But She Only Ever Held Us Back

In March this year, 22-year-old PhD student Maalvika Bhat posted a TikTok video declaring the “death of the chill girl”. Encouraging her followers to shed any attempt at being coy or overly agreeable in dating, the now-viral video started a conversation online about the “chill girl” narrative being an outdated […]

Harper & Daphne Are The Most Interesting Part of The White Lotus

Harper & Daphne Are The Most Interesting Part of The White Lotus

In episode 3 of The White Lotus’ second season, Harper Spiller (Aubrey Plaza) realises she’s underestimated her travel buddy Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy). The unlikely duo, who have found themselves thrown together on holiday in Sicily with their husbands (former college roommates), are on a day trip away from their […]