Things you shouldn’t say to survivors of abuse or sexual assault

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Recently there has been a chorus of women’s voices testifying to their experiences of either rape/sexual assault by men in powerful positions.It ...

On being your own competition

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I went to an all-girls secondary school which, amongst other things, installed in me a competitive spirit. Being competitive has its advantages, of co...

I bet you think this lip-stain’s about you

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Over the last week or so, a video was making the rounds on Facebook, which prompted some thoughts about what womanhood is/could be. The video, dubbed ...

Empathy for the teachers of Vincy

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Over the weekend, I read a couple of articles that focused on the plight of teachers in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The articles sprung from a rece...

So, about this HPV thing…

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By the time of publication of this column, practitioners from the Ministry of Health would have been well on their way to immunizing the nation’s...

Wait, chile…

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When I was a child, the elders around whom I had the blessing to share this earth would issue sayings and idioms they found relevant to whatever situa...

Storm on my brains

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The title says it all. I have got storms on my mind and I suspect a lot of islanders would be forgiven if they were to ruminate on the events of the r...

The power of forgiveness

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If you were brought up on the Christian Bible, you would have encountered a portion of scripture where Jesus teaches about forgiveness. The scripture ...

Some self-care tips for the strong woman

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Women are the strongest beings on this earth. Many of us show resilience through years of oppression, abuse and neglect, and manage to hold ourselves ...

Hair story…learning on my (new) natural hair journey

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In 1998, before it became a ‘movement’, I took the decision to embrace my natural hair. I sat at the kitchen table and cut off all the che...