I remember once watching my friend slowly slump to the ground, just like they do in the movies, and audibly wail because the ‘good’ pizza place was closed on Mondays. I didn’t question her reaction — she had warned me that she was ‘PMS-ing’. And as someone who isn’t immune to […]
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 27-year-old bid coordinator living near Birmingham. […]
Let’s crack open the fizz this Christmas and raise a toast to good times, old times…end times? In writer-director Camille Griffin’s debut Silent Night, it’s a familiar festive scene as old school friends reunite at Christmas. We know the formula well: Richard Curtis-esque sweary exchanges, Michael Bublé jingles, wails of […]
Jenny’s mum died of throat cancer in March 2020, on the eve of lockdown. With the funeral they wanted out of the question, her immediate family gathered with the minister in a cold, empty church hall at the time of her cremation. They FaceTimed a close relative who was sitting […]
“I don’t have to do nothin’ but stay Black and die.” This oft-repeated phrase in Black communities of a certain generation tells a story of people who have work in their blood. Black people have always been working. We’ve always been creators: of life, of magical somethings out of bleak […]
If you don’t have plans this Saturday night, don’t sweat it. There’s a powerful new moon total solar eclipse in Sagittarius taking place that will provide more than enough weekend entertainment for all of us — in a good way. While eclipses are often strikingly intense, the upcoming lunation on […]
From The Christmas Prince to Holidate and The Princess Switch, there’s a joyful abundance of so-bad-they’re-great Christmas movies we religiously watch every year. Cringeworthy one-liners, predictably romantic plots and somewhat questionable acting are usually what make these the cheesy flicks of our festive dreams. While some of us may not […]
There’s a lot to be concerned about in the world today — to put it mildly. Between working, the pandemic, personal lives, and the looming climate crisis, it’s fair to be some level of stressed out. We’re all just trying to make it to 2022 in one piece. But the […]
The other day, hairstylist Tommy Buckett sold me on the merits of a winter haircut. I didn’t want to go short, or touch the colour, but I sat back and let the scissors do their thing after Buckett said: “A fresh cut is just going to make your hair look […]
If you were a statistician tracking the growth of the size-inclusive fashion market, you could point to a number of data points that say that shopping as a plus-size person is easier and more accessible than it was even a decade ago. On the surface, that’s true: In the last […]
