Welcome to the third week of September. Venus is in Scorpio and the nights are getting noticeably longer. The Sun still shines in Virgo and Mars pushes on besides our burning luminary, lighting fires under our cauldrons and warming up those of us with serious burnout. Wood and smoke just […]
Returning to the office doesn’t just carry a financial cost. According to new research by LinkedIn, it’s also giving young people anxiety about having to make the obligatory office small talk again. In fact, 57% of young people aged between 18 and 34 said their ability to make conversation in […]
An IKEA right in the heart of London’s West End? It’s an idea that actually is kind of groundbreaking. But according to The Guardian, the Swedish design giants are poised to take over Topshop’s former flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. If the reported deal goes through, it would give […]
Deante Howard was only 13 years old when he decided to commit his life to Christianity. While recovering from an accident in which he had to get neck surgery, he started questioning the world around him, as he underwent a startling moment that challenged his belief that he’d always live […]
Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hindsight — scenes in Black film and TV history. In 1997 when Love Jones premiered, Darius and Nina’s love story wasn’t supposed to exist on […]
This goes without saying, but dating as a millennial can be a hellish experience. Between extended “talking stages,” ghosting, and starting over every few months, attempting to find love these days feels much harder than it needs to be. Add being Black to the equation, and the experience becomes even […]
It’s time we all had a frank conversation about hormonal contraception. At present, around 3 million women in England are taking the combined contraceptive pill – that’s twice the population of Manhattan. Worldwide, the number surpasses 100 million. For the vast majority, it does what it says on the tin, […]
Life has hardly been easy lately. COVID-19 has catapulted even the mentally healthiest among us into fear or anxiety, and some warn that a global mental health crisis is looming. I consider it a gift, then, that it’s been a long time since I thought about not wanting to live. […]
There’s something particularly special about seeing black love on screen. Granted, a significant part of that is because we don’t see it happen anywhere near as frequently as we should. Narratives around the black experience often zoom in on the pain and hardships of our community’s past rather than the […]
So you managed to take a little time off drinking! Congrats! Strike up the band! Lie on the floor and let someone pour Malbec into your mouth through a funnel! But then what? Once the first hangover has cleared, what’s going to be the legacy of your abstinence? You may […]
