I am sitting by Gate 15 at the Hamburg Airport. I’ve got a nice spot by the window where I can see airplanes, small cars, trucks and men wearing bright green vests passing next to the planes. It is amazing that every time I am at an airport I get the feeling that I am […]
Confidence under the spotlight
The 7th of January 2015 I turned 23. One of my best friends, a photographer, gave me as a gift a photo-shoot session with him. My first thought was: “such a nice present”. Followed by a less positive thought: “I might not have what it takes to do a photo-shoot”. Certainly, I always knew my friend […]
“You are not Catholic, you are not French, you are not too skinny.”
“You are not catholic, you are not French, you are not too skinny” were the words that my ex boyfriend told me one night in bed. He was actually referring to all the concerns his awful mother (yes, I used the adjective she deserves) had about me. This led to our first big fight and the […]
Too much of a feminist
Tonight, like the past week, I was coloring my Mandala book. That moment feels like running: you empty your brain and literally think about nothing. Although, today I had a moment of reflection in which I was remembering the books about feminism that I saw this afternoon at Shakespeare & Co. (more to come about […]