One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays

by Scaachi Koul

She yelled at me with unbelievable bluster, threatened to murder me in such a subtle fashion that “no one will know” or with such flare that “everyone will see.”

I don’t like shopping. In movies that depict a futuristic dystopia, people tend to wear uniforms in a single colour, usually a metallic onesie with a high neck and gender-neutral panelling in the front. I am fine with this. I look great in silver and gold.

But girls don’t actually get to drink like boys because boys do things to girls when they drink.