All posts by Karen Francisco
Following your passion: Is it worth the struggle?
Passion is that strong and an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. So by nature, people who follow their passion are people who go for the jugular. They are “in …
Finding love online: Taboo in T&T?
Trinis believe in a certain order of things… especially when it comes to relationships. You meet someone, court them for a suitable period, and if all goes well, and you’re …
Too foreign for home? Back to life in T&T
At the age of 17, I remember turning the pages of countless New York college brochures on my mother’s office table. While flipping through the pages, I came across a …
The Life of a Thick Girl
What exactly does it mean when you’re called ‘thick’? Apparently, a woman who is not slim, and not fat, but is curvy in all the right places.
Educated and Unemployed
College was finally over. Time to get a job and live my life. Oh if only it went that way! Since graduating with a degree in film making, in 2002, …
The Anatomy of a Trini Man and the Way to his Heart
“They’re vain, womanizing, lying, cheating, narcissistic, misogynistic, pigs.” You name it. I’ve heard it all. “Trini men no good girl, go get yuhself a German or some Nigerian doctor. They …
