”This is a salute to the woman that every man needs, The woman who was there before everything…” The one who opened the door at 4am, again, And didn’t ask a single question, Because she knew you were not proud Of the dark path your ambitions made you walk. Before you bought mom the...
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Happy Mothers Day …
This time Mama is on the cold red ground, her legs sprawled like she was about to take a step, and her face pillowed by dried vomit. It’s a cold Sunday morning, and people have started making their way to church, walking up the rusty road towards the sunrise like it marked the meeting place...
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Witness The Thickness …
Witness the thickness. Every curve of her body tells a different story. Appreciated by many but only truly loved by few. Walking down the streets she rolls her eyes and the predicted wolf whistles follow her. Ever so often she catches the usual side comments from some members of #Teamskinny calling her little on the...
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I Hope We Never Break Up
You have awakened my heart You have got me loving You have got me hoping I hope we never break up You have got me envisioning Suddenly there are pictures in my brain, pictures sent from my heart and borrowed from your eyes and your the-world-is-alright laugh Suddenly there is a home for me, something...
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Man up! Breakdown of Masculine & Feminine
A healthy relationship needs someone carrying the masculine energy (usually the man) and someone carrying the feminine energy (usually the female). In a relationship the people/energies react to each other. When you interact with someone who has more feminine energy than you, you tend to occupy a masculine space in relations to them. When you...
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Dating Women Who Aren’t Beautiful
In September 2015 when I met Sonto at a social gathering I’d attended. It turned out we had gone to the same high school. She looked beautiful, I can vividly remember her blue dress and how the colour seemed to highlight her beauty. We began dating two weeks later, and as naïve as it sounds,...
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As Men, Do We Know How To Engage With Women And Engage On Women’s Issues?
As men, do we know how to engage with women and engage on women’s issues? We are sons, brothers, uncles, husbands, boyfriends, friends of women who deal with a myriad of economic, physical, mental and sexual assaults on each and every day. In 2016 silence is tantamount complicity. We can’t just throw around imaginary threats...
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This Chair Was Designed Specifically For Cigar Aficionados
Chilean architect, Rodrigo Gonzalez, together with German lawyer, Alexander Sauer, conceived the idea of creating a smoker’s armchair for El Purista. The armchair is made of molded beech and walnut wood, and offers the cigar aficionado a personal retreat to relax, smoke, and enjoy. Photography by Nina Reuter The small drawers hidden within the arms of...
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Male Body Parts Women Love …
Guys are often overheard saying they are a breast man or a butt man. Perhaps they are into thighs or lips. But women don’t often get as much air time to share the parts they are most into, and why. Some of the contenders may surprise you! “It’s not just your sexy parts that we...
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When Malick Sidibé’s Photographs Danced Before Me …
Surprise Party, 1964 By Malick Sidibé My interest in the politics and aesthetics of photography started from an unlikely source: Dambudzo Marechera, the enfantterrible of African literature. In his seminal text The House of Hunger, a coming of age novella set in the 60s and 70s, he writes about Solomon, a township photographer who could...