Words Unfiltered by S
[This was first written for and published on Unapologetic.online.] Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects 1 in 5 women in the UK. It’s a hidden illness with a large number of symptoms, from depression to excessive hair growth to possible infertility, hindering women in a variety of ways by weakening them and impacting their mental and…
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Today, as it concludes yet another week in a global pandemic, I want to write about the four things I’m grateful for. It’s something I haven’t done before and I’m hoping to make this a weekly, or maybe a fortnightly, thing, as I believe it helps us to step away from the ghastly nightmare we’re…
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Last week, the head of the English department at my uni sent out the reading list for the coming year. Thankfully, these books seem like ones I will actually be interested in and excited to write about in all the different essays I’ll have to do. I look forward to progressing onto the second year…
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Sexual double standard. It’s a phrase many of us have heard probably at some point in our life. Why though? And what exactly is sexual double standard?
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Body Image Posts: Part 1 In the height of perfect bodies, small waists, perky breasts and a flat stomach with a big bum, it can become dangerous to flip through magazines, scroll through Instagram, or even so much as go on any social media platform. Body image is our own perception of our body, how…
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“What does it say about our society when it tells us that darker skin is an instant cause for concern and discomfort?”
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This is a short story i’d written some years ago and submitted a portion of it as part of my coursework for Creative Writing. My teacher said it reminded her of ‘the writer Elizabeth Bowen who wrote great novels like ‘The Heat of the Day”, as well as short stories, (. . .) sounded a…
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[This was first written for a Creative Writing class in January — it’s not as good as i wanted it to be, i wrote it in one day, with little to no effort, when my dad was in the hospital.] THE MORNING AFTER – A SHORT STORY SUMAIYA AHMED
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Over the years, i’ve begun to appreciate summer more–the glorious tan, the gorgeous sky, the heat, the long, long days and (recently) barbecues in the garden. It’s quickly become one of my favourite seasons (autumn is the other), and i love the additional glow it adds to makeup. Another one of my favourite things. I…
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Thank you so much to Kelly Doyle for sending me a copy of IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE to review, for the blog tour. This does not affect my rating or review of the book. Wow, I haven’t done one of these in forever. And by these, I mean a book review. It’s been what,…
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