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Stashing My Phone Helped to Improve My Productivity and Wellness
Stashing My Phone Helped to Improve My Productivity and Wellness
Here’s How I Did It.
Wardah Abbas
Mar 8, 2021
On the Politics of Anti-Ageing: Beauty Standards are rooted in Paedophilia and Misogyny*
On the Politics of Anti-Ageing: Beauty Standards are rooted in Paed...
“If there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.” ~ Karen de Crow
Wardah Abbas
Jan 11, 2021
Book Review: A Tale of Being, of Green and of Ing by Yewande Adebowale
Book Review: A Tale of Being, of Green and of Ing by Yewande Adebowale
It’s July. 32 degrees celsius outside as I begin to write this review inside our small well-ventilated house in the suburbs of the city…
Wardah Abbas
Jul 20, 2020
Being Dutiful in Your Home is not “Help”!
Being Dutiful in Your Home is not “Help”!
We need to close the domestic gender gap.
Wardah Abbas
Feb 14, 2020
That Nice Guy Could be a Misogynist
That Nice Guy Could be a Misogynist
Ladies beware!
Wardah Abbas
Feb 14, 2020
The Colour of Waiting
The Colour of Waiting
Grey, yellow, mustard or golden
Wardah Abbas
Jan 7, 2020
Why Women Need to acknowledge that Motherhood is not for everyone
Why Women Need to acknowledge that Motherhood is not for everyone
Twenty-one-year-old Gloria sits across me in the waiting room at a general hospital. I can sense her discomfort as my little boy tries to…
Wardah Abbas
Jan 2, 2020
Book Review: Voices: A Collection of Poems that Tell Stories — by Yewande Adebowale
Book Review: Voices: A Collection of Poems that Tell Stories — by Y...
Voices — the anthology is Yewande Adebowale’s debut collection of poetry; a new and powerful reserve for young people, especially of the…
Wardah Abbas
Dec 5, 2019
Why Mothers No Longer Breastfeed their Children Extensively
Why Mothers No Longer Breastfeed their Children Extensively
The conversations around breastfeeding remain one of the most productive, yet difficult for mothers in recent times. On the one hand…
Wardah Abbas
Nov 2, 2019
Why Teaching Our Girls to Rage Can Lead to Reverse Toxic Femininity
Why Teaching Our Girls to Rage Can Lead to Reverse Toxic Femininity
All we need is a healthy dose of matriarchy
Wardah Abbas
Aug 25, 2019
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