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Image description: A photo of some of the books on this list, with a very quirky star background. Because I can’t be arsed to actually read new books, I decided to review all the books I’ve read in 2021 in order of most-liked to least-liked. This year, I’ve tried to read more books written by […]
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Image description: A woman with her head thrown back “Don’t touch my hair, cause it’s the feelings I wear” is the first line of Solange’s song of the same name. A line which as a black mixed-race teenager made a keen impression on me, evoking a feeling of pride mingled with a sense of irritation – […]
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When I was 16, my life aspirations were pretty simple. I wanted to be a housewife. I wanted to graduate from a good uni, get a good job at a law firm, marry a guy who would be successful in later life, stay home and raise two beautiful children in a picket-fenced cottage, then maybe […]
Continue ReadingIn this age of space-ships and nucleotides, it is all too tempting to let scientists go off, do their business and accept whatever conclusions they come back with. However, recent revelations in the lab-leak theory shed light on how even professionals of our most trusted profession are subject to conflicts of interests, necessitating greater transparency […]
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