From a young age, before we even begin to process what labels are and how we fit into society, social conditioning is already at play in full force. The cartoons we watch, the media we are exposed to, the toys and material we are offered, and cultural components of our…

Recently, a white person imitated something I said in my local dialect (to someone else). They were not a close friend nor do we really share a bond resembling friendship (at least to me) and our only exchanges were either in passing or from sitting at the same table during…

Over a year ago, the world witnessed swarms of crowds marching in protest against police brutality towards Black people, taking a stand against racism, shouting in resistance against the violence that is inflicted on Black and brown bodies every day. So many who, over the years, had dismissed or depreciated…

The Unfiltered Thoughts Of An Entitled, Demanding Feminist Lately, in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder, I have heard echoes of poisonous, derogatory remarks piercing their way through my head, with sexist sentiment resounding of the archaic belief that women are too sensitive, demanding too much and we should be…

I’m literally fresh from a discourse with a friend who was sharing an account about a guy mimicking a Russian accent to her (she is Ukrainian). She called it impolite and that she would like to see him try having a conversation with her in her language. It brought me…

It’s fascinating to find I have been told twice by two different people, who are perfect strangers to each other, in the space of a couple of weeks, that I ought to treat people with compassion and kindness (literally, those words) regarding my stance on racism. On both accounts, these…