Dearest reader, In 2017 there was hardly anything so horrific in a teenager's life than having you mother point out that the bump on your nose had become more distinct. We were, for goodness sake, living the height of the Instagram-face era: a questionable aesthetic trend, defined by the Kardashian family, that favoured high cheekbones, big lips and conveniently small, neat noses (Tolentino, Jia, 2019) – non of which I possed, least of all a pretty, little nose, but wanted o

Dearest reader, People have been talking about marriage for centuries and I have been thinking about it for years, the past four of them I have spent trying to write about it, and since August, I finally realized I should get it out of my system regardless whether it is important or not. Namenly, at 25, I have at last reached a point where people around me are getting married. My friends in particular have started to look for people to get engaged with, to make potential fia

Dearest reader, After eight (more or less successful) French recipes, I had managed to muster some fool's condifence in finally trying...