Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash June is celebrated as Pride Month by LGBTQ+ people and their allies all over the world. While homosexuality still gets its fair share of hate, it is the T in LGBTQ+ that we need to be most worried about. Violence against the transgender community is on the rise …
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Photo by HiveBoxx on Unsplash It is widely recognized that moving house is one of, if not the most stressful events in any person’s life. There are seemingly hundreds of smaller tasks to complete before the move can take place. A new home needs to be found, and surveys need to be arranged for both …
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash I graduated from college in 2013, exactly ten years ago. The job market back then was bad but not as terrible as it is today. Regardless, things were not in my favor. All I had was an IT engineering degree with zero job offers and no idea what to …
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Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Do you have a toddler who has never been for an eye exam before? Perhaps they had one during infancy, but now that a few years have passed, it’s time for another exam. Did you know that optometrists recommend a child gets their first eye exam at age 6-12 …
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Right from when we are little girls, we are conditioned to believe that motherhood is a vital chapter of a married woman’s life. Without it, her life is incomplete. Thankfully, some of us have the privilege and courage to defy social norms and make our own choices regarding motherhood. With an increasing number of couples …
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When we were little, this is what our childhood looked like for most of us in a two-parent household: mom was our primary caretaker, while dad was someone we didn’t interact with all that much. Thankfully, times have changed. Raising a child is no longer a woman’s sole responsibility. Quite a few dads today want …
#LoveJihad is trending on Twitter. Again. The focus of every Tweet I have seen so far is that a Muslim man has killed a Hindu woman. The same goes for a couple of newspaper headlines. It’s obvious: the idea is to promote Islamophobia. Wait a minute. Before you make any assumptions, I don’t support any …
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Phubbing, a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbing”, is the act of ignoring the person you’re with in favor of your phone. While it may seem like a harmless habit, phubbing can have a significant impact on relationships. It is even considered an addiction by several experts. Too much screentime can ruin your love life One …
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I stood still, struggling hard to breathe and holding back my tears. See, I had just run out of the classroom because I couldn’t take the pressure anymore. Maybe formal education just wasn’t for me…and then I woke up hyperventilating. It was just a bad dream, albeit one that would have been my reality if …
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Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash Once again, it is that time of the year. Senior secondary board exams are quickly approaching, and students all over the nation are hard at work getting ready for this yearly competition. Both students and parents immense stress and anxiety in the weeks leading up to the exams. This …
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