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Facts! You Can Stop Your Period

Women, on average, spend 1,800 days of their lifetime menstruating, so you would think that we would be comfortable talking about it by…

Nov 25, 2019

Facts! You Can Stop Your Period

Nov 25, 2019

ShakiToni

It’s a new chapter…

Hello guys, I’ve been MIA for the past months! But it’s because I have been busy getting on track for a new job, and career which will…

Sep 20, 2019

It’s a new chapter…

Sep 20, 2019

ShakiToni

Hello guys, I want to say welcome back but I know I’m the one who has been MIA so we will just…

If they come for us By Fatimah Asghar In this powerful and imaginative debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar nakedly captures the…

Jul 5, 2019

Hello guys, I want to say welcome back but I know I’m the one who has been MIA so we will just…

Jul 5, 2019

ShakiToni

Installment #4 is a piece I recently shared on Kasha’s blog on body image and about learning, if…

I am in a love-hate relationship with my body. Some days I wake up and I love the solidity of my limbs, I love the feel of a silk shirt on…

Jun 7, 2019

Installment #4 is a piece I recently shared on Kasha’s blog on body image and about learning, if…

Jun 7, 2019

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Installment #numerotres is dedicated to author Binyavanga Wainaina, and I share a little about…

Binyavanga Wainaina was many things to different people; an author, a queer activist, an African literary giant that sparked a…

May 23, 2019

Installment #numerotres is dedicated to author Binyavanga Wainaina, and I share a little about…

May 23, 2019

ShakiToni

When I started this I write what I like blog, I said it would be weekly, but clearly I played…

I am in a room, lying down and a doctor walks in, informs me that I have a terminal illness, something about my intestines, but more…

May 8, 2019

When I started this I write what I like blog, I said it would be weekly, but clearly I played…

May 8, 2019

ShakiToni

Salutations!

Queenie came highly recommended with critics comparing it to Bridget Jones’ Diary (never read it or watched the movies) and Americanah…

Apr 26, 2019

Salutations!

Apr 26, 2019

ShakiToni

Hello peeps, I am starting a sort-of-blog-series that I have named: I write what I like…

I’m leaving the wanna-be-writer bio behind and simply start writing. This is not going to be some deep theorizing (except sometimes) think…

Apr 9, 2019

Hello peeps,
I am starting a sort-of-blog-series that I have named: I write what I like…

Apr 9, 2019

ShakiToni

When you hear “self-care,” you might think of bubble baths and spa days, and personally I think…

Self-care can be defined as any deliberate action you take in order to support your mental, physical, and emotional health. So, while…

Mar 21, 2019

When you hear “self-care,” you might think of bubble baths and spa days, and personally I think…

Mar 21, 2019

ShakiToni

The Nature of Leaving and Returning

For as long as I can remember I have always spent New Year’s day at home, often sitting with the family in the living room on New Year’s…

Jan 7, 2018

The Nature of Leaving and Returning

Jan 7, 2018

ShakiToni

ShakiToni

Avid Reader. Black Feminist. Storyteller. || I can’t cook for nothing but I would make a great judge on TopChef || Finding the Profound in the Mundane||

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