Sep 19, 2022Member-onlyThe Realities of Handling Sexism With GraceDespite my profession being that of copywriter, I’ve never considered myself much of a “writer”. Because it’s not passion I have, it’s need. Its a need that crops up when complex emotions arise and no amount of spoken conversation will resolve the feelings. This article is here to tuck those…5 min read5 min read
May 2, 2022Member-onlyWomen’s Body Goals: Who Needs ‘EmHi, I’m Claire, a woman, and I’m kinda obsessed with being the strongest person in the room but also in a feminine way… … yeah I get that confused look a lot. A lot of people say a lot of things about women's body goals: “You should love yourself as…Fitness6 min readFitness6 min read
Jan 8, 2022Member-onlyNew Year, New You, Baby. It’s Time To Embrace the Cliché.December to January in Cape Town, South Africa is a thing of chaotic beauty. In cold places, I imagine December is easy. With the new year's in mid-winter, there’s no reason to stress about your tummy tire jiggling as you make your resolutions. South African’s aren’t that lucky A South…Fitness3 min readFitness3 min read
Sep 3, 2021Member-onlyUnpopular opinion: An average person’s emotions are important to your startupAny decent copywriter will quickly and firmly inform you that no, you and your startup shouldn’t care one teeny iota about the “average” person. And on the flip side, the average person probably couldn’t care less about your plans for a time & money-saving SaaS revolution. So why do I…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Aug 30, 2021Member-onlyHow To Party Like a Korean BusinessmanWhen I landed in Korea, I thought I knew how to party. I did not. And I was about to get a masterclass. Shortly after I touched down in Seoul, a good friend introduced me to her Korean boyfriend — We’ll call him ‘Oppa,’ a name that translates to big…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Aug 23, 2021Member-onlyWhat if you knew you were always going to fail?I want to do everything perfectly. I grew up fast, and that means I know how to adapt, learn, and react. I’m sensitive to input and super intuitive when it comes to people. I also know firsthand what the cost of failure is (insert sob story here). So I really…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Aug 13, 2021Member-onlyWhy is Japan suddenly obsessed with… reincarnation?This article’s not about religious reincarnation. It’s about a movement. A movement led by young office workers. A movement led by people wandering across the hopeless, desolate landscape of corporate life in your 20s and 30s. It's about the solution to a society so depressing, all we want is to…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Aug 4, 2021Member-onlyA little selfish victoryInstinctually, I want to help everyone. Because if I can help everyone, then I can think that I’m “a good girl”. This sort of thinking gets you in trouble. It means you wrack your brains after every conversation, analyzing each response and trying to see if you could make it…Self Improvement2 min readSelf Improvement2 min read
Aug 3, 2021Member-onlyHow to drink like a Japanese millennialOne of the first things I learned to do when I arrived in Japan was how to drink alcohol. True, it’s not the hardest thing in the world to glug down, but it, like many things in Japanese culture, has a bunch of social nuances that you need to learn. …Alcohol3 min readAlcohol3 min read
Aug 2, 2021Member-onlyAre these self-help tactics hurting you?One of my first memories from childhood is running around the schoolyard, ‘patching up’ relationships between other kids. Here’s the weird part — I didn’t have any friends. At 7 or 8, I had two choices. Sit in the playground by myself and read my book, or help two factions…Self Help4 min readSelf Help4 min read
