My grandfather, originally from Barbados, passed away when I was 2. It didn’t leave much time to get to know him outside of family stories, but elders in my community would tell me that they could see him – a very tall man whose suits were always razor sharp — […]
This is summer, where the sun rises earlier and sets later, lighting us up with hope. The Summer Solstice, which commences on June 21st at 2:42 a.m. GMT, symbolises the sun’s and Mother Earth’s mighty force. Now is a time for us to honour the natural rhythms of the universe […]
Every time I board a plane and the person sitting next to me is a stranger, I notice them clock the noughties relic in my palm: my iPod Classic. Yes, I still have the same one from over 15 years ago, and I still have my even older Nano too. […]
“I’m just going to leave you for a moment to process your thoughts and feelings,” my partner said to me after he’d gleefully waved at the news on his phone. “Let’s pop some fizz!” The breaking news: On Tuesday evening, MPs had voted — 379 votes to 137 — to decriminalise […]
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that our feeds were flooded with images of hyper-glowy skin that looked fresh (but never sweaty), with a healthy sheen. (Dewy makeup got so big, it even permeated pop culture: “My skin is gleamin,’” whisper-sang Ariana Grande in 2019’s “7 rings.”) Glow was […]
When beauty influencer Darcei Giles first tried a popular cushion foundation by Korean makeup brand TirTir, she knew it was not going to match her skin tone — but that was the point. The Toronto-based creative is known for her social media series, ‘Black Girl Tries’, where she attempts makeup […]
Within just three minutes of using ChatGPT as a therapist, it had told me to “go low or no contact” with my family. This is something a real therapist might suggest where appropriate after multiple sessions. That should scare us. In a new Harvard Business Review report into how we’re […]
Hello summer and Cancer Season! Bust out the SPF 50 (or more) and head to the beach to luxuriate on the shore with the crabs. Fun times are here, even if we are dealing with three retrogrades in July. All the more reason to escape into nostalgic summer activities like […]
