Wassa YAMU readers!
As the 9 people who watch Friyay know, I'm leaving YAMU. After almost 3 years of reviewing, saying nonsense on videos, and being Editor, it's finally time to make a podi goodbye. I thought I'd leave with a little look at some of my favourite videos and articles over time.
Things I Love!
This was difficult to compile because the list is pretty dang massive. The links will take you to things, events, and hot butter cuttlefishies that I absolutely adore in Sri Lanka. They've been a treat to write about, and an even greater treat to stuff my face with.
- Beer
- More beer
- The art of the dinner dances (probably my most beloved article here)
- Hot butter cuttlefish at Randoli
- Galle Literary Festival
- Weird Lankan things
- Hotel Rolex
- Drake & Hennessy
Things That Made Me Sad
- Dodgy turtle hatcheries
- The awful airport and the faux nationalists who defended their empty patriotism by threatening me while they patriotically live abroad. The more I see the way women here are treated online now, whether it's a badass cosplayer, a world-renowned operatic singer, the country's second Olympian, or successful business owners, I realise the rabid hatred is not about me or nationalism, but a pervasive fear of women with opinions or courage.
- Tax on my arraku
- The worst but funniest dining experience in Galle
- Cleopatra (the club, not the historical figure)
Women & Shizz
Over the years, I accidentally veered towards writing and acting out more and more stuff on issues women face across the privilege, size, shape, age spectrum. What else do us 1% feminazi types do with our lives anyway? Here are some of the things I was most passionate about.
- What Women Want (the answer is pink frying pans)
- Menstruation (eee, icky)
- Street Harassment (Ah nangi!)
- Online Trolls (one of the only reasons I'm thankful for leaving YAMU tbh.)
- Beyonce's Sri Lankan slaves
- Are you a Boss Bitch?
Silly guides to life and love
- How to make a meal for under $1 (You must peruse the comments section for more sweet fellows ravingly upset that a foreigner can't speak fluent Sinhala and cook kahabath)
- Where to Find Love (the answer is anywhere, if you believe in yourself)
- Where to not find STDs
How many maalu paans your salary can buy (not a lot)- Are you a maalu paan? (yes)
Those are really my darling nuggets of gold in the piles of chocolate biscuit pudding, biriyani, and kalu pork I've written about over the years. It's been a stellar journey with a wonderful, constantly dynamic team, some hilarious readers who light up our live shows and site comments sections with their encouragement and kindness, and a lot of brilliant challenges that made it all worth it.
If you'd like to be a part of the magic, or simply fill a Kinita-shaped hole in YAMU, drop Indi and crew a line on jobs@yamu.lk and tell them why. Otherwise, please keep the maalu paan flag flying high and stay an ardent YAMU fan as I will. Later!
