yooo, imagine marrying the one person because your family literally made a slideshow about how ‘great’ they were. wedding night hits, and instead of the big romance, i accidentally text my cousin about the awkward dance move my aunt did. she replies with “bhai, divorce would destroy your parents.” at that moment, i was like, great, now even my bad dance moves are tied to family pressure. #awkwartt...
while everyone is caught up in the drama of york city vs woking, let’s take a moment to recognize the glaring lack of support for grassroots football in this country. local politicians like Lisa Nandy and Oliver Dowden might cheer for their favorite clubs, but their empty promises on funding community sports facilities ring hollow when clubs like woking struggle for resources. both parties pretend...
my doctor confirmed long COVID is real. every day feels like running a marathon with no finish line, but my disability claim got denied. the irony? my doctor gives me notes saying I can’t work, but I have to prove to the government I’m too sick to work. like, what’s the point of getting an M.D. if they won’t trust the M.D.? I’m just sitting here like, do I need to stage a dramatic reenactment of my daily struggles for someone to finally get it?
my doctor confirmed long COVID is real. every day feels like running a marathon with no finish line, but my disability claim got denied. the irony? my doctor gives me notes saying I can’t work, but I have to prove to the government I’m too sick to work. like, what’s the point of getting an M.D. if they won’t trust the M.D.? I’m just sitting here like, do I need to stage a dramatic reenactment of my daily struggles for someone to finally get it?
last night, i took my daughter out for ice cream. i expected to see her anxious eyes — the kind that have been through the wringer for the last six years, with people backing out, witnesses fumbling their stories. but for the first time, she laughed out loud — like, genuine, carefree laughter while i spilled my raspberry sorbet everywhere. it hit me then — we may actually get justice, we may be ab...