On Lady and the Tramp, Judge Judy holograms and my hardcore family. In some parallel universe, engaged couples wear preppy J. Crew outfits, eat spaghetti Lady and the Tramp-style and ride their powder-blue vintage bikes into the glowing sunset. Alas, my fiancé Kupa and I do not live in this universe. Okay, I lie. [clears throat] The one time [...]
On skin lightening creams, va-jay-jays and my future babies. I grew up in pre-exotic Dubai. It was the land of milk and hummus. We had bashful camels, marmalade sunsets and silky sand dunes. This was back when Dubai didn’t have seven-star hotels, luxury malls or artificial islands shaped like palm trees. Dubai was, however, insanely hot. My [...]
On the gospel of Anne Lamott, belting Carrie Underwood and getting engaged to a man-boy. On bended-knee, in an unnamed park, his camel brown eyes looked deep into mine and he said, “Tina Elizabeth Anthony Francis … will you marry me?” And I yelped like a puppy whose tail had been annihilated by a pair of [...]
On Hilary Clinton, my hair in Africa and starting a movement. So, I have a girl-crush on Hilary Clinton. The media, however, doesn’t share my enthusiasm for her. It prefers to criticize the colour of her pant suits, rather than celebrate her impressive political career. More recently, the media went absolutely bonkers when Hilary stepped out before [...]
On Bruce Willis, curling irons and the mishaps of dating on Skype. A month ago I got an email from a SheLoves reader. I asked her permission to share it with you today. (Deep breath): _______________________ Hello Tina, I just read your latest post on SheLoves — the one about you without makeup. I’m lost for [...]
