6 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Went Travelling

Quitting your job, packing up your belongings and booking a one-way plane ticket to the other side of the world…

What Moving To London Taught Me

My two year anniversary is coming up. Two years ago I bundled my belongings into bin bags, threw them into…

Pursuing A Multi-faceted Career

Is it just my parents who don’t really understand what I do for a living? My mother often vaguely mumbles…

10 Things To Do On International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day takes place annually on the 8th of March. It’s a time for all ladies to celebrate and…

How Moving Countries Made Me Notice Everyday Sexism

A post shared by Malva | Martina Francone (@malva.illustration) on Dec 21, 2017 at 5:40am PST As a teenager in…

FGRLS Thoughts: Roughing It Is Overrated

My quarter-life crisis cast its dark cloud upon me at the tender age of 22; and I became used to…

The Staycation: How To Make It Not Boring

Image credit: Ruby Etc This summer, I found myself in a bit of a…shall we say…job hiatus. I got the…