The Black Hair Tax: No Breaks for Black Women Who Want to Avoid Breakage
‘Travel is Not an Inherent Right’: Reflecting on the Western Privilege of Self-Discovery Overseas
In Cambodia, my main guide was a smart woman who spoke at least four languages. Through work, she’d made many Australian friends, but despite numerous applications, she kept getting denied a visa to go and visit. I thought of all the British people I knew or saw on Instagram who had obtained working-travel visas easily and jetted over there for six months or more. It’s easy to forget sometimes, when we see these travellers on Instagram or compare ourselves to our friends, what a privilege it is to be able to do these things at all…
‘Like Taking Myself on the Ultimate Date’: My Solo Travelling Experience and the Journey to Enjoying My Own Company
Solo travelling has really helped me to grow into myself. I chose to take my first solo travel experience for my birthday, and I don't know if I’ve ever felt more pride for myself than when I was able to wander around the streets of Italy on my own on the evening of my birthday, a bag of cannoli and a lot more confidence than I’d felt before…
‘I Booked a One-Way Ticket’: The Anxiety and Liberation of Moving Abroad Alone
The excitement of moving to a new country and knowing only a handful of people in the city is incredibly liberating and also quite scary. Intense homesickness and thoughts of ‘what have I done?’ during the first few weeks of moving abroad is something a lot of people don’t talk much about, but it definitely happens – it did to me…
The Real Reason You Have FOMO and How You Can Use it to Get Your Dream Life
I found that I loved travelling and the adventure of being somewhere new every day. And that’s when I finally understood: every moment of FOMO, of jealousy, I had felt, was my soul telling me Yes. THAT’S what I want! Jealousy is not just an emotion that we all experience. It is a sign of something that you long for. It is a desire within you, asking to be recognised…