'The striking confidence and blasé carefree attitudes of my friends made me realise that I’d regret it if I didn’t bare all and join them.'

We aren’t all self-obsessed or lacking in social skills.

The author is a reminder of the deep whakapapa of diasporic storytellers and the waters they traverse to nourish us all.

"Her pain of being an immigrant meant her discomfort and displacement gave me freedom."

"My grandmother called her stomach her bread basket... a nice way of reframing the tummy as a holder of all things that are good."

After outsourcing her summer break to Malaysia, Annabel writes in raving favour of holidays filled with not doing much to write home about.

Happiness is not a state that's easy to get to, but Michelle Duff says surfing gets her there every time.

Lorde's emails to her fans feel deeply personal. You could forget that she’d sent it to thousands of others too.

“It’s hard to carry a title into your future that is so defining, yet no longer current. No longer this, but not yet something else.”

Grappling with the social media etiquette after a break-up, Yawynne contemplates the real reason she wants to befriend her ex on the app.

With borders reopening, it’s likely even more women are going to pack their bags and happily flee into the arms of the unknown.

"When I knit, I go into a sort of dreamlike state. It's fast, and slow at the same time - it's very healing and meditative."