Just because a girl turns sixteen, it does not make her any less of a child. — I’ve never been super supportive of age gaps within relationships. As an adult, I am somewhat more understanding and accepting that an age disparity in romantic relationships is common and completely normal. Some of my friends and their partners have significant age gaps and are in completely healthy relationships. However…

How karmic justice can be a wakeup call to the world. — Growing up without the internet on my phone was the biggest blessing I’ve come to realise. It’s the one aspect of my life that I’ve overlooked multiple times, not because I’m ungrateful but due to its evolution over the past two decades. My baby cousin, who’s only 11, has grown…

We often get shamed into submission, sometimes daily without even noticing it. We are just getting used to it. — This piece was written by Lynn Erasmus, and was originally published on COSY.LAND. How many times have we not been shamed into silence and ultimately into submission? Just the other day I was bullied by a group of men on social media for trying to answer a request for information. …

From cancer to anti-black racist internet trolls, disease discussions have been at the forefront of extremist recruitment long before Covid-19. — Content warning: graphic and deliberate hate speech, racist imagery, racial slurs, domestic abuse, violence to animals Last Friday, The Trump Administration’s former CDC Director Robert Redfield told CNN that he believed Covid-19 had originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and “escaped” to the outside world in the Fall of…

This piece was originally published on COSY.LAND. I’ve dedicated the past few months to bettering my mental health and setting a foundation that will allow me to thrive and prosper later in life. …