Growing up in India, a former colony, I, like most children around me, was encouraged to read stories written by English authors before being exposed …
Rain
How Global Warming Is Affecting the Athletics
In September 2020, the Climate Reality Project anticipated that climate change would pose a greater threat to the future of sports than the Covid-19 pandemic …
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 …
FRACTURE– Letter from the Editor
In the year of our (cruel, brutal) Lord, 2021, I think if we all looked back over the last five years, the one word that …
Anita Tension: Is #poetry really dead?
As we delve deeper in the so-called smartphone age, a new generation of poets is claiming social media as its writing space, its publisher, and …
This was supposed to be about hair (but it never just is)
A piece on politics, soft power, appropriation and braids, and how Africa can better leverage her cultural assets to maximise socio-economic returns. It starts with …
“I’m just not political”
During the height of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) and George Floyd protests, I took a two week hiatus from social media. I had shared …
TERF Tantrums and Faux Feminists
The definition of feminism is largely undisputed: an ideology that advocates for equality between the sexes. But as this statement is broken down, differences in …
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 …
two sides of crisis
The room is dark, only voices can be heard. A string tied to my belly, being pulled from both sides. The insides of my stomach …