Week 3: Music I’m Listening To
I am doing alright with this thing Victoria Kimani, Sarkodie – Wash it Kojey Radical – 25 feat KZ Aya Nakamura – Djadja Yola- Faraway Look
A Mess of Contradictions
Sometimes I crave happiness, that amorphous thing we are told is important to living life yet the definition keeps changing and there are times when I know for sure that happiness isn’t a worthy pursuit. I know that capitalism is a scourge and buying things I don’t need doesn’t fix anything and yet retail therapy… Read More A Mess of Contradictions
Always Pads, Silence and Shame
My periods started when I was 13 years old and for years, I used Always pads because try as they might, StayFree didn’t have the holding capacity as Always. My periods are quite heavy day 2 and 3 and so Always worked better. This was despite the fact that after my periods ended, I had… Read More Always Pads, Silence and Shame
Week 2: Music I’m Listening to
I am doing well with the weekly thing. I know it is only the second week, don’t kill my vibe. Ukweli ft Karun – Roses Ayrosh – Commoni (Video came out this week, get into it.) Nao – Orbit / Saturn Micko Migra – Stop the Yapping Rhian Benson – Say How I Feel
Connection and the Abiding Softness
“Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions Recently, I have been thinking about vulnerability, emotions… Read More Connection and the Abiding Softness
Week 1: Music I’m listening
Will this be a weekly thing? I’m not sure. We shall see. However, let’s play. Songs that have been on rotation this week: Kemunto: Maybe Nduta – Tigiti Kwame – Cama Wendo Mereba – Kinfolk
An Autopsy of Sorts
After I published the letter to a former friend, someone told me that I should reach out to the person. I of course decided to make a poll on Instagram instead. 52% said I shouldn’t reach out, 48% that I should. To be honest I had no intention of ever reaching out. The former friend… Read More An Autopsy of Sorts
