So the year is 2015. I remember back in 2002 when I started my University education my tuition cost just under R13 000 for my Bachelor of Arts degree., excluding of course other needs like textbooks, lunch, and travel costs. By the time I did my Honours degree in 2005 I paid about R15000, excluding...
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Social Media and the Black Identity …
History has made being black into a ‘thing’. A polarising existence that seems to be perpetually at odds, to be defended, to be questioned, to be probed and to be constantly (self)aware all the while wrapped up in stereotypes. The black body has long served as a canvas on which some of the darkest moments of human existence...
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There Is A Market Where I Traded My Black …
There is this market In my township, there is this market (Although more the township next to my township) I go there some Saturdays, To pretend to think to pretend to write to pretend to be hip (I go to eat overpriced but oh so worth it (is that a paradox?) white cheddar sandwiches…) The...
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Sex Like I Do …
I am not particularly good at sex **** I don’t have to tell you that I am an introvert. I don’t have to tell you that I am reserved, that I am awkward, for, you either already know it, or you will discover it or simply will never get it. So when I mention it...
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Standing On The Bridge (Part 3)
I and she had never met in real life. We had no common friends, I tried in vain to track her down. But there was nothing but silence. I played our conversation over and over again in my head. Trying to find her again in the words, this stranger who had trusted me with her...
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Standing On The Bridge (Part 2)
I remember trying to summon everything that I had ever heard, read, seen or been told about depression. Heck, as we spoke I was straight up Googling stuff. But, very quickly, all of that fell away. It hit me that there was nothing I could learn quickly enough for it to have any impact on...
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It Is Beginning To Seem Possible…
Ashley Graham rocked New York Fashion Week (It is beginning to seem possible) She didn’t just walk, she didn’t just strut She rocked; she slayed! (It is beginning to look possible) Ashley Graham is a plus- size model. Yes, yes, I know, I hate the term just as much as...
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The Reality of Dreams …
It was a bit of a rush job. I actively decided not to think about it for 3 whole days. I ignored the possibility of possibility. The reality of dreams, because, well because things like that didn’t happen to me. But that morning I couldn’t contain my excitement. “What must I say?” “Just be yourself,...
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Standing On The Bridge (Part 1) …
A week ago, a random comment on a seemingly random Facebook status lead to a conversation via inbox between myself and a Facebook friend. We’ve never met before and our interaction was based on our common interests has creatives. It was a lengthy conversation that started out as ordinary laments about daily strife. But, at...
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You Are Probably Not What You Think You Are To Your Lover, You Might Be This … (Part 2)
It is often said that a good relationship is one where people want the same things, having more in common than opposite. Yet, there are fiery relationships that have managed to go one for years and decades with people involved seemingly totally opposites of a coin, but a coin nonetheless. We then say opposites attract...