Against the Grain

I AM a privileged person. My entire life, I have been provided with economic, educational, familial and other forms of

By Akola Thompson and Ronelle King “The personal is the political” AT the height of the Christmas season, there exists

IN 2014, then Commander of ‘A’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, Clifton Hicken, on the issue of rape was

THE best thing about being a writer is that I have documentation of everything I have written. The worst thing

Vagina. It has always been a word that rolls off the tongue a bit too awkwardly for me. It has

THE Ministry of Education has completed their investigation into Coen Jackson and has handed the case over to the police.

THE complacency and silence of our people are currently our greatest weaknesses. This has never been truer than in recent

ABORTION. It is a word that more often than not causes a fierce divide amongst the populace. The procedure in

Postpartum depression- this term often brings up confusion and fear amongst those who hear it. For some reason, it has

IN the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal rocking Hollywood, the hash tag #metoo was started. Those who

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