Navigating Beauty Standards: How Makeup Impacts Confidence and Femininity for Black Women
While waiting for me to finish putting on my makeup, a friend asked me, “Why do you wear makeup? It seems like more time than it’s...
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Jul 82 min
The Pitfalls of Pursuing your Passion
'Follow your passions and you’ll never work a day in your life’ they said. It's generally good advice. But lately, that’s not how I have...
Jun 134 min
Four Books: Boys Edition
Many of my male friends ask me for book recommendations. The most common request is: No girlie shit about feelings, love & babies, and no...
May 292 min
Welp—I Failed My Preliminary Exams!
Before anyone starts hyperventilating, I will be re-taking my exams in September. Nothing has been disrupted in terms of my visa and I...
Jan 232 min
Word of the Year: Vulnerability
A friend of mine asked if I have a word of the year. I had never heard about it before then, but I am so glad I know about it now. My...
Dec 27, 20233 min
27 Lessons For 27 Years
Whenever someone has a birthday, I ask them to give as many lessons as years lived in their lives. What I have is a mix of a few lessons...
Dec 23, 20233 min
All I Want for Christmas
Coming home on Christmas break always brings a confluence of two feelings for me: reconnection and reflection. This is a reflection on...
Nov 30, 20233 min
A Life Ever After: With Abba
A while back I wrote a blog post about Robbie Williams' “Feel.” To me the song gives a helpful phrase for the kind of life I want to...
Oct 14, 20234 min
Why am I getting a PhD?
Professors and senior grad students always advise you to write a letter about why you are trying to pursue a PhD. This is me listening to...
Sep 12, 20234 min
On Perfect Nails and Class Performance
A reflection on painting my nails which takes up about 20% of my week For years, I kept myself from indulging in beautiful nails (and...
Aug 20, 20233 min
My Second Ever Photoshoot
A reflection on my relationship to photography, being looked at; and how Dimitri Shostakovich and Earnest Hemingway helped me find my way...
Jul 23, 20234 min
A Life Ever After
This might turn into a little series were I break down and explore the particular impact that songs have had on me. I remember listening...
Jun 7, 20233 min
A life in Song: Tina Turner
These are my favourite songs and the moments they make me think of. I, along with millions of people are saddened by Tina Turner’s death...
Jun 7, 20232 min
Restaurant Review: Dos Manos at Pablos House
Dos Manos is a lovely place to go for a late lunch on a cold, winter morning. After shopping for a new book at Melville's Love Books, I...
May 30, 20233 min
Battling Racism with Beauty, Make-up and Skincare
People with darker skin tones are known to age more gracefully than those of lighter skin tones. The saying “black don’t crack” is the...
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