What are your impossible stories? There’s a quote that’s stuck with me this past month or so, and it’s from the writer, Saidiya Hartman, whose book, ‘Lose Your Mother’ has me gripped this January. Elsewhere, in another one of her works, she’s posed the question: ‘How do we tell impossible stories, and how do we […]
Here’s a queer question. What are your impossible stories? Read More »
There’s pride for some of us this Pride Season. For others, such terrible, corrosive shame remains. Worse, prejudice and, yes, punishment remains for countless millions, simply on account of their being lesbian, bi, trans or gay.
Pride, shame and some pride today (and still shame) Read More »
When I was in the Royal Free hospital, recovering from my kidney operation, I needed to search for my story. I was releasing painkillers into my body every five minutes: the pain stabbed at my sides. Sleepy, I thought to myself, ‘why am I here, why have I chosen to donate my kidney, and what comes next?’
We’re all storytellers. You might not know it yet. Read More »
What a life of thoughtful reflecting and resetting can do is help us feel more in tune with ourselves. We can reconcile ourselves to our family histories. We can realise not everyone or everything else around us is to blame for how our lives have gone to date. Instead, we can look within and ask ourselves what we’re going to be accountable for in our own futures. We can commit to change.
39, six feet tall, not feeling willowy Read More »
To truly reset, we need to get into the challenging terrain of changing our habits and habituating new behaviours – healthier, more productive ones.
Finding our way (and learning new paths) Read More »
I think there’s still some way to go until all the relevant authorities and agencies understand the psychology of men who fall victim to abuse – how stubborn and proud some can be, and how reluctant therefore, they can be reaching out to or responding to social services.
The prisons we create for ourselves Read More »
It would be more romantic to keep staring at it, late at night, when most of the world is asleep; not to ever reacquaint myself to its dull campsites or experience adult day-time disappointment
I’ll stick to night Read More »
Kidney Care UK needs support. Urgently. Like all UK charities, demand for their services is growing at exactly the same time their income is dropping.
Storytime for Kidney Care Read More »
On a personal level, the absurd brings moments of light relief amidst the gnawing frustration and deep desire to escape
The funeral home’s jingle Read More »
He repeatedly gurgled, ‘Marieme, Marieme.’ And something about accara fritters and sosu kaani sauce.