Teenage years
Trump’s African Summit: A Modern Display of Colonial Power
Trump’s African Summit: A Modern Display of Colonial Power On July 9, 2025, the White House became the stage for a troubling diplomatic theatre, as United States President Donald Trump hosted a mini-summit with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. What was billed as a friendly summit about economic cooperation quickly revealed itself as a spectacle of domination and submission, raising critical questions about modern-day power dynamics between Africa and the West.
By Ikram Ullah6 months ago in Confessions
I Cheated Once—and It Still Haunts Me. AI-Generated.
I’m going to tell you something I’ve never said out loud. Years ago, I cheated on my partner. Just once. It happened so quickly, so stupidly, that for a long time I convinced myself it didn’t matter. But it does. It always did.
By Ali6 months ago in Confessions
I Wasn’t a ‘Dog Person’ — Until I Met Milo
I used to roll my eyes at dog owners. You know the type — the ones who post ten pictures a day of their dog sleeping, who cancel plans because of “dog commitments,” who call their dogs their “babies” like it’s perfectly normal. I didn’t get it. Sure, the dogs were cute. But messy. Loud and needy. Not for me.
By Echoes of Life7 months ago in Confessions
My Toxic Relationship Didn’t End in Heartbreak — It Ended in Healing
When people talk about toxic relationships, they often focus on the pain. The screaming. The manipulation. The silence that says more than words. What they rarely talk about is what comes next — the strange, beautiful, messy process of healing.
By Echoes of Life7 months ago in Confessions
Love and Trust Messages for Distance Relationship
Mia sat by her window, watching the rain slide down the glass like silent tears. It had been three weeks since she’d last seen Ryan in person, and the ache of distance weighed on her chest like a stone. She picked up her phone for the hundredth time that day, hoping for a message, a sign, anything to remind her that love could survive the miles.
By Muhammad Saeed7 months ago in Confessions
"The Stranger Who Knew My Secret Before I Did"
I first saw him on a Tuesday, sitting at the far end of the park bench — the same one I always went to when I needed to think. The air was cold that day, unusually still. I remember because the trees weren’t rustling, and my thoughts were louder than ever.
By Maaz Ali7 months ago in Confessions
I Wanted to End My Life after Being Publicly Shamed. Content Warning.
“Sometimes we tolerate unacceptable behavior from others because we don’t know we deserve better.” — Kia Stephens Sitting in the front passenger seat of a packed crew van, on our way to clean a ‘quick turnaround’ aircraft, the forty-something male colleague, sitting next to me — out of nowhere and loud enough for the male crew members sitting behind us to hear — unashamedly ridiculed me, in detail, about my genitalia.
By Chantal Christie Weiss7 months ago in Confessions
