Blog | SO CAN I

Jan 6, 2022
4 min

How do I define myself?

Imagine The Colour White When I think of white I think of butter-cream frosting, musky skies, snow, and my wedding dress. When I think of...

Tamara Levy

Jun 30, 2021
4 min

Why do baddies always laugh?

Mental health and the media. What can I say that’s more informative, more inspiring, more helpful on the matter?

How do I handle the pandemic as a woman of colour?

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Jan 20, 2021
2 min

How do I handle the pandemic as a woman of colour?

Discrimination is something deeply rooted in society. We could talk for days about the different types of discrimination and their impact on

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Jan 6, 2021
3 min

Ready for love!

Perhaps the idea of new year new me should be to focus on who you are meant to be. What version of you would make you happiest?

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Nov 16, 2020
2 min

How can women help to empower men?

Unfortunately, the link between mental health and being weak is an unhealthy one. It is presumed, that if you can't cope mentally then...

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Aug 24, 2020
2 min

How to love yourself in this world..

The hate you build for your own self begins with someone you consider a friend saying, “you have a lot of hair”.

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Jul 24, 2020
4 min

Being a woman

For me, it took me right back to when I was ten years old, innocent and unaware, as an older male took advantage of me- touching my body and

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Jul 1, 2020
4 min

The day i lost my dad

‘We’re sorry, but he has passed away. He had a cardiac arrest.’. In that moment my world came crashing down around me.

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Jun 23, 2020
3 min

What it means to be hyper sexual

He then came back and said, "my name is not Mike, it is Sir; You will call me, Sir". I started laughing; I replied, "what the f*** are you

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Jun 6, 2020
2 min

Being black

For how much longer are decent people expected to be demoralised and suffer just because some regard it as ‘the way it has always been’?

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May 28, 2020
2 min

My story with Ulcerative Colitis

I’m a 22-year-old female, and for the last 7 years, I’ve been dealing with the highs and low of Ulcerative colitis (UC). UC is a chronic...

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May 27, 2020
2 min

The stigma behind mental health

In my opinion, the stigma surrounding mental health is extremely prominent in the South Asian community.

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May 25, 2020
1 min

Periods, Pain and PMS

Periods, menstruation, menstrual cycle or your monthly visitor. All women endure the pain of the menstrual cycle. So if it happens to...