Trust lived in the dark and tempting ages where a man was lured to gnaw at the forbidden fruit, which the slithering snake crawled around it as if it were a skeeming ribbon. See trust lived for years and years. He actually hogged our lives’ Oxygen for many eons. Many fell for the robes that...
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What to Expect this September 2022 on Netflix
Netflix brings the mystical and supernatural to life In a new series titled, The Brave Ones. Set in modern-day South Africa, this captivating supernatural series is inspired by the rich mythology of African gods and divine beings. It tells the story of Ntsiki (Sthandile Nkosi), a goddess reincarnated as a human being to avenge her sister’s...
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Relationships: Dating Your Mother/Father
My relationship with my mother is the longest relationship that I’ve had with any woman. I was with my mother for 31 years. And out of her 50 years of living, she lived and experienced 31 years of those years with me. That makes her relationship with me the longest relationship which she has had...
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There’s a Place Where Most Creative People Go to at Some Point in Their Lives
When Gorgeous George asked me to write something for studio 83’s first ever issue, I thought “How thrilling”! It’s now exactly midnight and I’m struggling to string the first three sentences together. It’s not so much a struggle of what to write about, but how to write it. Now I’m beginning to imagine how sinister...
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I Miss Especially The Things That We Didn’t Get To Do …
I miss especially the things that we didn’t get to do I miss the things that we didn’t get to have The Saturday morning when I have to tear myself away from you to go to yoga; and I can’t hold a single asana because all I think about is the smell and taste of...
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I Turned 30. I think It Happened a Bit Too Early For Me.
In January, I turned 30. Three-zero. XXX. Three decades. From now on, I will raise my hands along with other 30-somethings. I’m that much closer to being referred to as ‘of a certain age’. Weird things started coming to mind: The series, called 30something, that flighted when I was young. Those people would be my...
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What My World Looks Like as A Working Mom
06:00 – get ready while helper gets elder child ready 06:45 – drive to school 07:07 – drive from school to work 08:15 – arrive at desk, make coffee 08:45 – get into the day 16:00 – leave work to fetch child 17:00 – arrive to collect child 17:20 – run quick errands/groceries 18:00 –...
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Cape Town is not Racist. Cape Town is on some other tip on this one.
So the question is, is Cape Town an inherently racist? I’m not one for gross generalisations, that’s just retarded, so I thought it would help if I gave my first hand experience in race relations in the Mother City. Firstly, there is an assumption that racism is perpetrated by whites onto unsuspecting black. No fam,...
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An Open Letter To My Nephew … And Other Young Men Who Come Into My Care
Dear Nephew, I call you that because you are truly cherished (in a way that I doubt I could explain to you sufficiently in words). I am not particularly fond of you because your father abandoned your foetal-self, nor because we share the same DNA – here I could wax lyrical
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We Leave Because We Can No Longer Breathe. At Our Year-End Party, My Boss Kissed Me.
At our year-end party, my boss kissed me. I left the dance floor and went to the bathroom, and he followed me into the bathroom. There were people on the dance floor and in the bathroom but I suppose no witnesses: there is a