The Black Hair Tax: No Breaks for Black Women Who Want to Avoid Breakage
‘So, What Do You Do?’: The Mythos of Careers and the Underpinnings of this Damning Question
This question has made its way into our drop-down menu of questions for social interactions, including, but not limited to, ‘How are you?,’ ‘How are your parents?,’ ‘Did you have a nice weekend?,’ and, ‘Do you want a drink?’. The aching question of what we do to earn money has, by some interesting turn of capitalistic events, disguised itself as nonchalant and unflinching as the rest in our questioning remit…
Living at Home in Your Thirties: The Art of Overcoming Self-Judgement and Societal Pressures to Put Your Wellbeing First
A year ago, almost to the day, I moved back home. Home-home, as in, my Mum’s house. It’s not somewhere I thought I’d be in my thirties. Due to rising rent, the cost-of-living crisis and generally navigating a post-pandemic world, many thirty-somethings have found themselves in the same position as me, living at home out of necessity. What was once a peculiarity is becoming more commonplace…
Four Techniques to Practice When You Seem Stuck in Self-Pity: Dealing with Comparison and Jealousy to Find True Self-Worth
I watched as my friends moved cities and found jobs in creative industries I’d always dreamed of working in, and watched others travel the world seeing things I never have. Of course, I felt so happy for them. Seeing them living life to the fullest was great, but under the surface my ego began to taint their experiences by comparing myself to them. All my achievements became unworthy…
Tarot and My Early 20s: Navigating Graduating from a STEM Subject and Wanting Nothing to do with Science
Tarot is a thread that has woven my early twenties together. While it is not fortune telling, it is a useful tool for accessing our own subconscious and viewing situations in a new light. When I bought a one-way ticket to the US, my beat-up tarot deck came with me. When I took jobs and quit them, restarted my career, the tarot chimed in…