Category: Sincerely, Me
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How do you teach Black history to a 4-year-old?
I am the proud auntie of one small and impressionable young human being, who I would, of course, do anything for. But when I got a request from my sister to teach her a bit about Black history month, I was a bit stumped. As she lives up north in a predominantly Asian area, her…
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How are you looking after yourself right now?
I’m not the first person, nor will I be the last person to tell you that, right now, things feel like hell. The nature of my job means staying up to date with things is an occupational hazard, but even without that, we are at the stage in life where turning a blind eye to…
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Everything I’ve learnt from my 20s I’m carrying into my 30s
When I was a child, I thought that once a woman turned 30 and wasn’t married with kids, she spontaneously fell off the edge of the earth, never to be heard from again. You can blame movies and the lack of age appropriate representation for that one. I’ve been nervous about this birthday milestone for most…
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Why I’m carrying Michelle Obama’s energy all the way into 2025
In case you’ve missed the news this week because you either don’t give a shit about American politics or because January has you in a chokehold of misery – and you know full well nothing in the news is going to make you feel better – Michelle Obama has been making headlines. No, the people’s…
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We didn’t make it to the fireworks
New Year’s Eve has garnered itself quite the reputation as the holiday to beat. We dress to the nines, scramble to make plans, pay through the nose and queue for clubs we didn’t even know existed. Most of the time I refuse to partake in any such rituals, instead opting for something more off the…
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Is anyone cuffing this cuffing season?
Something is in the air… but it’s definitely not love… or the desire to cuff this cuffing season. Usually when summer ends, everyone around you suddenly goes from being happily single to being joint at the hip with their new beau. Nights out turn to nights in, ‘I’ turns into ‘we’ and your timeline is…
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What I want from the last year of my twenties
Birthdays really do divide people. I guess in the same way any hallmark holiday does – whilst some see it as a reason to celebrate and crack open the Prosecco (or Tequila in my case), others see their birthday as a day like no other and require no special attention to be paid to it,…
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The very sudden death of the night out
I keep seeing these articles about the death of London’s night life and how all of these nightclubs and bars are either shutting their doors at 10pm or closing down for good. Not sure why the tubes are so packed on any given night if that is the case, but hey, I’m sure London night…
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It’s 2023, don’t “all lives matter” me
There is nothing more annoying than going about your business and having someone pull you into an unsolicited conversation about race. Believe it or not, not every Black person is waiting with bated breath to relish in the collective trauma of our community. White people are always the first to say that minorities make everything…
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Why I went away for New Year’s Eve
Every year, we are faced with the pressure of doing something great for New Year’s Eve. The pressure undoubtedly comes from our need of wanting to make the upcoming year better than the last, which means going out with a bang. For me, (for a long time) that meant getting dressed up, rallying all my…
Sincerely, Saskia 