A strained tension pervades every corner of my home. As Christmas preparations begin earlier and earlier every year, tinsel replacing cobwebs in the local supermarkets …
On belonging
Living in four different countries before the age of six years old has warped my perception of what it is to have a home. Considering …
“Now, where did I hear that?”
Playlist on Apple Music Perhaps I didn’t search hard enough, or use the correct phrasing, but I have not been able to locate a single …
Textiles and Materials of Discrimination
Hoops, studs, cuffs, drop earrings. Fashion accessories, cultural identifiers, rites of passage, even methods of rebellion. For centuries, earrings have featured in every culture and …
Lizzie Borden’s Mirror
Have you ever axed someone? To death or just to grievous injury. (There is no real way to axe someone lightly. It is either final …
A Stream of Consciousness on How Sex and Love are Confusing Concepts to Place.
I don’t know how to love. Scratch that. I think I don’t know how to love. And actually, scratch that again. Because love isn’t the …
The beauty-fuckability standard
[Content warning: mention of eating disorders and body image issues.] “I don’t understand how women have body image issues. I just don’t get it.” It …
“Right Person, Wrong Time” is a Sugar Pill
A tribute to recent conversations, which explored how “right person, wrong time” is a sugar pill, a placebo remedy to matters of heartbreak. “Right person, …
Stuck/Unstuck
“The versatility of time”, I thought to myself while figuring out what I wanted to write for the upcoming issue of BRIZO magazine. I kept …
Nostalgia, the art of bittersweet longing
During lockdown, nostalgia has become a kind of addiction for me. I search for it everywhere – every evening walk with my dog makes me …