Content warning: to those who struggle with a fear of spiders, this post will be discussing them as well as referring to t and d spiders. No potentially frightening or harmful images will show. Only safe cartoon images. For most of my life, arachnophobia has plagued me. I couldn’t bare […]
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As the end of 2019 approaches, one may as well find the time to reflect. This has been the best year I’ve had in, well, a long time. A lot of that has to do with finally feeling fulfilled in what I’m doing. I feel taken more seriously as an […]
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When I started this blog in 2017, I wanted a space to let out my opinions and converse with others online. A lot of that took place through Google Plus; I would share many of my posts in various groups and have conversations (and debates) with others online about them. […]
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If a person has stage one cancer, no one would dare say ‘you’re not sick enough to qualify for treatment.’ They would be told by the doctor that it’s good to catch it early to prevent it from getting worse, and have their illness treated as seriously as someone with […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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