I was scrubbing a kitchen sink to make it shine. You taught us this, remember? The Flylady? She was a judge or something with a fly-fishing hobby. She devised a housecleaning system and sent out lessons in an email group. Egroups, I think it was called, before she had the website. You were one of her first one hundred followers. It would’ve been around 2000 or so, just after the colossal deflation of Y2k pressure.

There are many reasons a child does not 'tell on' their abusers. The following contains an account of sexual abuse of a child. Although not told in detail, please be forewarned if you are sensitive to stories of abuse... I was sexually abused by two much older boys shortly after I turned six. They knew what they were doing was wrong. After luring me into the woods with candy and sexualizing me (affecting me terribly for the rest of my life), they threatened me.

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT My name’s Lee Kern. I’m 45 years old. I’m a writer from London. Having seen footage of some of the crimes commited by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7th, 2023, I flew to Israel and requested permission to join a press screening that included footage families have asked not to be released to the general public. This is not what I want to do with my life.

On February 28, 2024, Disney Plus, the streaming division of Disney Entertainment, premiered Iwájú, an original animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria—which it first announced during its Investors Day in 2020. Iwájú, a production of Walt Disney Animation Studios in collaboration with Kugali, a pan-African entertainment company, follows the exciting coming-of-age story of Tola, a young girl from the wealthy island, and her best friend, Kole, a self-taught tech expert, as they discover the secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.

My friends and I recently had a conversation about whether we would feel like we’re missing out if we didn’t have a lightstick at a K-pop concert. For bands like BTS and Seventeen (whom I love!!), I said “Yes, it depends!” Lightsticks are a way of showing solidarity with the rest of the fandom. While the band cannot see our individual faces, seeing them light up is a way of showing we care.