The Last Word

2020 has been a year full of surprises, some being more unpleasant than others.

It is hard to believe that just a few weeks ago I was complaining about price gouging for masks and hand sanitizers where I live as well as looking for toilet paper helplessly and stocking up on non-perishable food items.

As we continue to observe and/or participate in the Black Lives Matter protests across the globe, I have been reflecting on how we racialize some certain aspects of black fashion and culture.

What an exhausting week! This year has really overreached its ability to make us feel as if we are living through ‘The Hunger Games’.

Fashion and shopping seem like frivolous things to indulge openly in these days.

For the first time in a long time this week I enjoyed a meal in a restaurant in the city where I live.

Many of us already have new healthy habits emerging as a result of the lockdown.

With the pandemic continuing to wreak havoc on our lives and the global economy most of us are trying to become accustomed to the new normal.

Weird dreams, insomnia and anxiety are among the things we have become accustomed to experiencing since the beginning of this pandemic.

I have always enjoyed cooking for more than one reason. Satisfaction from seeing people whom I care for eat meals I prepared has been one of my biggest motivators.

Global uncertainty in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic is real.

As most of us start to come to terms with the idea of our temporary new normal and practice social distancing, slowly but surely our tastes and what we now want to prioritize are changing.

Social distancing, washing your hands, staying two metres apart from people, and working from home if you can, are all pieces of advice you have probably been hearing for the past week at a more intense rate.

Last year when supermodel Naomi Campbell shared her tips for travelling, which included sanitizing her entire plane seat, most people were slightly alarmed with the drastic levels she went to in order to ensure her safety.

Now more than ever I believe we are scrutinizing appearance and beauty standards.

About a week ago, I learnt that AF Vandevorst was closing.

My personal taste for weddings leans toward small and intimate, but for some strange reason I always enjoy the over-the-top grandeur for other people.

I took sleep for granted for a big part of my life.

I have never really been interested in any sort of sport or sporting event.

Sometimes it can feel as if concerns surrounding climate change is an upper-class problem, primarily because access to alternatives that would be better for the environment are more expensive and very often inaccessible to the masses.