Nutmeg Might Crack That Crazy Girl
Honest to God there are days I feel like I am punching myself in the face. Absolutely stupid morning, which started with my drinking the wrong of two lattes (I…
Christmas trees adrift…
The early years after my parents fell out of love with one another and divorced, I didn’t much act out against my mother. One way I did act out is…
Sexual Chemistry and Marty
I am writing a follow-up to Defining ‘Sexual Chemistry’, and so sending you there to read in advance. GODSPEED. Comments closed.
Know-It-All: My Boyfriend Cheated
Maha. My new boyfriend told me he cheated on his ex to get out of the relationship and I am having a really hard time trusting him now every time…
Maha Hour in The Cloud Cave
We just finished Earth Hour; did you observe? I did, and it was more like Maha Hour, not really sure what the earth had to do with it. I sank…
Home really is where the heart is
Every little thing is packed, and although it’s only 8.30pm, I am in bed still with this headache. At least it now ebbs and flows, and when it flows it…
On Regret
Short sundresses, broken straps, shit-kickers, unbuttoned shirts over moistened-with-humidity skin, and swamp lands. This is the imagery with which I am left every evening when I listen to the platinum…
Keys to The Cloud Cave
BREAKING! The ants in my pants are no more, and I miss them. I am entirely bagged. I have a tension headache that I can’t fix, since Tuesday. It came…
The Monzer Hammer (where there are no second chances)
Let me tell you about that amazing and heart-warming moment between my baba and I when he, well intentioned, took my crushed heart and hammered it like he was on…
I have ants in my pants
I wouldn’t call myself manic on a normal day, but the last seven days have placed some sort of fire ants in my pants. And by fire ants in my…
Colouring between the lines
Colouring between the lines. It’s never really been my strong suit, emotionally. I am a Libra born under a Scorpio something (moon or sun, I don’t exactly know). Any Reader…
Know-It-All: Evil Step Mothers
Editorial Note: I have witnessed first-hand step-mums who have done their best and tried their hardest and plowed through to the best of their ability and strength…only to be met…
A Woman’s Intuition
I have recently been struggling with something I have never before dealt with. It is a very deep, visceral, and unkind reaction to someone I don’t know. This is a…
Know-It-All: Childless dilemma
Maha, I have been married for 4 years and I am 38. My husband thinks that we’re trying to have a baby but he doesn’t know I’m still taking the…
Q: Who’s Your Know-It-All?
A: Apparently, it’s me. (Only I just learned the difference between Whose and Who’s and that there is no Who’se. Please don’t be scared.) Many of you amazing readers actually…
There’s a rumor it’s raining men, so I burnt my umbrellas
For most of my life, I understood the level at which I should expect to be treated by those in my life, and could demand it in return because I…
Consumers Distributing, feminine massage products, and hysterical children
Do you remember the store Consumers Distributing? It was basically a store without a display area, where you walked in, chose what you wanted from a catalog, checked off said…
Taylor Kitsch Still Wears Saxx Panties for Men
I was asked to profile Taylor Kitsch. Sadly, this did not mean that we went for dinner, and I later had the chance to rate his skills. Rather, it meant…
Girls As Women
I am the little one, with head shaped like a potato. The beautiful woman is my patrilineal grandmum Standing by the Mediterranean’s wintered coastline at Gaza, in approximately 1980, my…
“An Encounter With Simone Weil”
“Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.” “A hurtful act is the transference to others of the…
Happy Valentine’s Day
Hia! Valentine’s Day alone? Yes, please! As a Singleton, I am really excited about other peoples relationships, while I hang out with my mum, and same sex non romantic girlfriend….
You will get yours sooner or later. Trust.
Once upon a time, there was a group of friends. Amidst these individuals was a girl whom we shall call “Maha.” On a sunny Saturday morning, Maha left for a…
A little spent
Hey y’all. A very short message to let you know that I have been run off my feet these last two weeks, both during the day and well into the…
Things to do and see in Sydney, Nova Scotia
We were there for 48 hours and here’s a scrunched itinerary for those of you on a tight schedule. First, don’t go in the winter unless you’re interested in experiencing…
On the love + light that is female friendship**
Very often, women are pitted against one another, so many represented as not being “a girl’s girl.” You know these women, we all know at least one woman around whom…
Supporting friends: When is it time to say “no”?
I hold myself to an extreme standard of behaviour, and although I do my best to soften this where others are concerned (because who in the sh/t am I to…
Rules for Living: A Life As Precious Cargo
The most important lesson I took from 2011, and which I have taken from every single year past is that life really and truly is precious cargo. I am not…
“Why are you single?”
Is one of my favourite questions to field. When was the last time this question was put to a man? Think about that for second… Right. That’s what I thought….
Delete
Sometimes, I would really like to say: “I un-friended you because your ego-driven behaviour is so very unfriendly. I un-friended you because 9 out of 10 times, I believe you’re…
Death
It’s the only guaranteed fact of life. I have just learned that a woman with whom I went to high school has passed away due to cancer. We were acquaintances,…
Ottawa Hospital Volunteer: It’s not like Grey’s Anatomy
Editorial Note: The following views have nothing at all to do with either the official staff or volunteers of The Ottawa Hospital, but rather are entirely One Female Canuck’s. Because…
Hospitals make me sad, which explains why I will be volunteering there
Editorial Note: The following views have nothing at all to do with either the official staff or volunteers of The Ottawa Hospital, but rather are entirely One Female Canuck’s. Because…
Day 1 of 365 days of “inspirational” photos
Updated 8 Dec 2011: I will not be posting the photos on Prolific Immigrant, but rather here at my flickr page. For quick access, I have added a link on…
In The Hands of God (by Mustafa Davis)
In The Hands of God from Mustafa Davis on Vimeo. At a time when y’all are preppin’ to throw down some cash in the name of Baby Jesus (♥ +…
Ode to chilling out and not asking “Why?!”
Recently, BB (as always) gave me excellent advice. Basically, it was for me to chill the fk out and stop asking “Why?” because it is an utterly useless question to…
Muslim Punk — A Taqwacore Call to Prayer
This is one of the most amazing things I have seen in a very very long time. I just can not tell you how hard I love this, or the…
Killing Us Softly
Do you love women? Do you respect women? Are you against sexualized violence? Abuse? Hate? Manufactured realities? Profit over people? Then you need to watch the following riveting two part…
Once a wanker, always a wanker
At the tender age of seven, I was treading water during a swim lesson, staring at a man standing in the doorway of the men’s change room watching us, while…
Are you a belly-up turtle?
Due to certain circumstance, I have – in the last perhaps month – been having bouts of complete and total rage. Wicked anger the likes of which I have never…
Sargeant Shamar Thomas *shames* the NYPD (#OccupyWallStreet)
Wow. WOW. Iraq Vet, Sargeant Shamar Thomas, faces down Officers from the NYPD and tells them straight up: “There is no honour in hurting unarmed civilians.” I hope that he…
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