By Sarah Yataghane The chilly yet bright golden sun creeps in through the windows as I rise in the early hours with my smallest girl, who along with the birds, likes to make herself known at the break of day. I love this time of year, the days begin to stretch, the hours tumble into … Continue reading The Spring of a Mother
Tag: Women
The Beauty of Being Flawed
By Sarah Yataghane In recent weeks I have been feeling an air of discomfort, as I share moments of my day to day or publically unpick my feelings on particular subjects, I realise that naturally, onlookers develop there own impression of who I am and how I navigate my life. However I often feel that … Continue reading The Beauty of Being Flawed
Top 10 Life Lessons My Global Family Has Taught Me
By Aminata Buganzi Kinana I have spent all of my life so far in primarily academic settings, but the hardest lessons I have ever had to learn pertain to those about human interactions, relationships, and life in general. I am a young Tanzanian woman and so those identity markers have played a large role in … Continue reading Top 10 Life Lessons My Global Family Has Taught Me
Forced Birth of a Nation
By Europe & Me's Alison Welty Fifty years after the end of slavery in the United States, director D.W. Griffin released the Birth of a Nation, a film that revived the Ku Klux Klan and inspired institutionalized violence against Black Americans across the country. It was the first film ever screened at the White House, … Continue reading Forced Birth of a Nation
15 Things We Can Learn From Our Grandmothers
By Archana Rao While the love a parent has for a child is often termed as unconditional, the love a grand-parent showers can only be called, well, grand. As you can tell, words royally fail to express what the feeling of being embraced and blessed by your own ancestors is. However, for those of us who are/were … Continue reading 15 Things We Can Learn From Our Grandmothers
The Beginnings of the Tickles and Pokes’ Period Positive Movement
By Za Unitt In Dececember of 2018, my friend and bandmate, Julia, and I sat in her kitchen talking about the future and what direction we wanted to take with our newly formed Duo/Act, Tickles And Pokes. We're both mothers, entertainers, and over 40. Neither one of us were interested in doing the whole traveling … Continue reading The Beginnings of the Tickles and Pokes’ Period Positive Movement
