Many would argue that there’s no worse feeling than guilt. When it gets to you, it feels like a hyena is munching away at your heart with the intention of leaving behind only your despicable carcass. Guilt makes you feel an uncontrollable need to ‘cleanse’ yourself...
WE'RE USED TO MEETING MEN WHO WANT TO BE WOMEN, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THIS IS NOT THE LIFE STORY OF A LESBIAN. IT’S THE STORY OF RITA DAKIN, WHO WANTS TO BE A STRAIGHT MAN; WHO WANTS TO BE SEEN...
First published on FM magazine -Sep 2010 "The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly, heavily, and cruelly, images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us...
Unbelievable! It’s been twenty years. Over 7000 days! It’s been just over 7300 days since I left secondary school - that humid, mouldy, arthritis haven in Mdina – also known as the good old days at St. Dorothy’s Convent. I have to say that except for the...
Way back in the 90s, when I was still in secondary school, I knew a girl called Filippa. Today, the name Filippa is considered to be cool and trendy, but back then, it was pretty much equivalent of calling a 2009 baby something like, Doris,...
Don’t you hate it when mechanics treat you like you wouldn’t know a gear box if you tripped in one? Admittedly, most women are not half as bothered about cars as men are, but let it be known that just because we lack the Y chromosome,...
In 2007 Malta won first place! Unfortunately it was in an obesity contest, where the Maltese hit the highest average measure of body fat (BMI) in Europe. During the same year, another study found that 20% of all Maltese children aged between 5 and 6...
Summer is around the corner, and with it comes the unrelenting craving for a completely new wardrobe. I don’t know about you but whenever the weather changes, even slightly, I get this uncontrollable urge to get rid of all the contents in my closet and...
Okay, I appreciate that it’s not the cheeriest title in the world, but you all know what I mean. There are some mean machines out there that we promise ourselves we will get behind the wheel of one day, even if we have to pay...
There are three worlds that most of those with a sense of humour try to avoid like the plague. These are the confusing, frustrating and downright annoying worlds of finance, business and insurance., alternatively known as Blah, Blah, Blah! For most they don’t even qualify...