June 2019

I Emailed Liz Jones When I Was Ten

By zarinamacha June 28, 2019October 24, 2020

2019 / Personal / Writing

“Writers should read everything.” So said my father, a Tanzanian columnist for their national paper The Citizen. One would wonder why an egalitarian, Labour-voting humanist would buy one of the UK’s least-loved newspapers: The Daily Mail. Aged ten, I knew not of the low-brow, ill-favoured tabloid that makes Guardian […]

The Freedom of Adulthood

By zarinamacha June 27, 2019October 30, 2020

2019 / Humanity / Personal

Adulthood gets a poor rep. Who wants to do their tax returns, pay bills, go grocery shopping and stay on top of dentist appointments? When we’re in our twenties we’re meant to be figuring ourselves out; hopping between jobs, falling in-and-out of love, paying off student loans and moaning about […]

Zarina Macha

Zarina started this blog in 2017 to document her general opinions and thoughts on life. Originally on Blogger, she moved it to Wordpress in 2020, and hasn't posted any content since 2021. She is currently updating the blog and plans to resume posting content by the end of 2023.

The Zarina Macha Blog

Official opinion-based blog for author, poet and musician Zarina Macha.

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