In the last year I’ve watched Groundhog Day, Russian Doll and most recently the only romcom that my boyfriend will agree to watch with me, (it won the Critics’ Choice), Palm Springs. Two films and a TV show that centre around a common theme: characters who find themselves locked in the tyranny of a perpetual,...
I’ve just finished watching the equally heart breaking and heart- warming It’s a Sin. I haven’t cried this much at the TV since watching Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon in Stepmom. OK, I haven’t cried this much at the TV since our Netflix broke during Lockdown 1. If you haven’t seen It’s a Sin yet...
I never envisioned that my sense of self worth would be judged on how many rolls of loo roll I have stocked. (24). Well, probably 23 after you finish reading this as my boyfriend just had his morning coffee. Corona Lockdown does feel slightly like we are all serving part of Harvey Weinstein’s 23 year...
A girl got spotted by a modelling agent in Tesco (pre Lockdown) and I was stood right next to her. Of course I totally understood, I was wearing my corona mask at the time. But bizarrely when I took it off I still got nothing. So I opened my legs really wide to show I...
As always Zahra gives us answers to all of life’s big questions. Today she answers the age old question: It’s the question that plagues most of us. Along with ‘What Is the Meaning of Life?’ and ‘Will My Family Accept Me if I come out as Vegan?’ and ‘What the fuck is that weird knobby...
Zahra concludes that in order to save our mental health, we need to end our destructive relationship with social media. They say the key to happiness is, “Find something bigger than yourself and dedicate your life to it”. I don’t think this is true because I do this with Instagram and it’s doesn’t make me happy. It did, however...
“What makes you vulnerable, makes you beautiful” Brene Brown Comedian, Zahra Barri, reflects on the lies she has told men over the years and makes a resolution to be more truthful to them from here on now.I pride myself on telling the truth. My therapist says: “The Truth Will Set You Free….” “I mean, unless you’re Bill...
Comedian Zahra Barri gives advice on the most effective ways to ask for money.I’ve noticed a lot of women writing into magazines asking the question, “How do I ask my boss for a pay rise?” which makes a nice change from the usual, ‘How do I please my boyfriend in the bedroom?” The advice is...
Comedian, Zahra Barri pays a special homage to her favourite magazines whilst warning us of the toxicity of others ‘Sometimes I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I felt it fed me more’ Carrie Bradshaw Sex and The City Don’t worry Carrie, no one at Vogue ever eats a proper meal either. This iconic line...
With the Season Finale of Brexit looming it got me thinking: what’s the most racist thing I’ve ever done? ‘Racism’. It’s very much a buzz term at the moment. Along with ‘woke’, ‘ghosting’ and ‘smashed avocado’. It’s known to Millennials and Generation X as the darker sister of ‘xenophobia’ and the un pc grandmother of...