‘At Least You’re Young Enough to Start Again’: What Not to Say to a Friend Getting Divorced at Thirty
‘Exoticised and Fetishised’: Navigating Dating Apps as a Black Woman
The dating world for black women is often bleak and unwelcoming. Behind the screen and in real life, we are navigating a dating world filled with microaggressions, colourism and outright racism. Oftentimes black women put themselves out there on apps that specifically want them to message first and receive nothing in return…
Unlearning What Disney Films Taught Me About Relationships
I was SO offended when I first heard this. Not Belle – not my favourite Disney princess. Even when they showed the interviews of the little girls who participated in the experiment, I didn't want to believe it. The interviewer asked the girls what they would tell Belle if she was their friend. One said: ‘just keep on being nice and sweet as you are, and that will probably change him.’