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More than 100 million Women around the world use the combined oral pill and each one will have their own unique story to tell about their experience. Some will sing of sunshine and rainbows and others will tell of hormonal hell. This week I’ll be kicking off the Let’s Talk About Contraception post series by sharing with you my rollercoaster ride with the combined pill. A little sneak peek: it most definitely was not all sunshine and rainbows… Read more

They’ll tell you that we’re not the same; that a country like the UK is inherently different to any post colonial African nation. But, tell me now the difference between the first world and the third world if in both of these places the children are starving… Read more

At the turn of the decade, I found myself looking back at not only the things I had achieved, but at the things I missed out on because of fear; because I was afraid I’d fail and so I never tried in the first place. So as 2019 came to its end, I took to my mindbook to detail just one New Year’s resolution: Feel the fear and do it anyway. Read more

A lot of what has happened this year has been beyond our control, but we are all better for having made it through, even if in this moment, it doesn’t feel like we are. So, if making it to December 2020 is one of, if not the, greatest achievement/hurdle that you’ve overcome this year, well then cheers to that because it’s been a truly difficult 355 days. I know this struggle may seem never ending, but much like the hardship that has come before, this too shall pass. And we’ll all be stronger for it. Read more

6.3 million people in the UK have dyslexia. However, due to our ill-equipped education system many go through their education with little support. Not enough teachers are provided with the knowledge and the tools to adequately support those with Specific Learning Difficulties (SPLD). As a result, these children are more likely to suffer from poor self-esteem, poor motivation and a lack of concentration. To add, many people with SPLDs go undiagnosed and thus, are also at risk of experiencing those same feelings of inadequacy. And I was one of them… Read more

As promised, we’re back exploring Jasmine Lee-Jones’s marvellous play, the Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner. Only this time we’ll be doing things a little differently. I want to share with you a conversation that I had with a good friend a few months ago. One summer’s morning Ruby Asare and I embarked on a stroll where we deep dived into our own experiences; discussing all things colourism, racial fetishism, anti-Blackness, the Seven Methods and more. Read more

This week we’ll be curing the UK of its historic amnesia. There’s much about our British history that the powers that be would have us forget. However, there is much worth remembering! And so, may this Black History Month signify the beginning of all of our culture all awakenings! Black History is just British history after all... Read more

For many, names are not just labels. Instead, they are rooted in our sense of self, our identity and connect us to our individual cultures. Thus, our names are not interchangeable. Alas, ‘our diverse nation of equal opportunities’ very rarely respects that truth. Name discrimination; an unfortunate reality the British Other is forced to face in the UK. Read more

Anxiety. Dread. Panic. Everyone experiences them and yet, we’re all going through the motions alone. Sometimes anxiety can feel like you’re spiralling out of control, like a kaleidoscope of butterflies has been set loose in your stomach. But, the more open we are as a community about our struggles with it and how we face it, the more solutions and comfort we can give each other. So this is me opening up the floor for discussion by sharing part of my journey with anxiety with you.. Read more

I used to love visiting my family in Zimbabwe as a child. My cousins and I used to run around outside, none of us caring how hard we threw the basketball we used as a dodge ball at each Read more