[Editors’ content warning: mention of mental health issues and eating disorders] Fear starts young I’ve found. The notions of purity attached to youth make for …
“Enough talking. Time for some screaming”
Free falling, a light in the far distance seems to scream at you. Reminiscent of the scene in the animated film, Sinbad: Legend of the …
Consider Malintzín
CW: Mentions of sexual assault, violence I hate calling myself a “citizen of the world.” It sounds like something you see on those cringey posters …
A Bloody Business
Content Warning: This article discusses true crime and details pertaining to violent events/acts. I have brown curly hair that is usually styled in a centre …
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Until you do.
Is there anyone else in the room with you as you read this? If so, can you take a minute, and just think about the …
The In-Between
Dusk is a transitional time, an unstable time. Dusk is when the edges of the day find themselves dissolving into the night, a time when …
Doorway to Wisdom
Roger Bacon, the 13th Century English philosopher, wrote: “Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.” Languages always fascinated me. I remember my family’s first …
That’s Amore
The thing is, as Kurt Vonnegut writes in his brilliant, bizarre Timequake, is that being alive, essentially, is a ‘crock of shit’. The vast majority …
“Breathe in, breathe out”
It was summer 2017 and my mother had implored me, for the second time that day, to meditate. It was “the start to a new …
The Decameron Precedent: The importance of storytelling in a Pandemic
We all live through stories. Continuously so, regardless of whether we are choosing to dream, to read, perform a play or watch one, the central …