A few years ago, I had a conversation with a high school visual arts teacher from a school in KwaLanga, Cape Town. She told me a story about one of her students. This young boy was virtually a creative prodigy. Of all the creative disciplines she taught at the school, there were none he didn’t...
Category: Conversations
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Conversation with Menzi Mcunu
Q: What do you do for a living? A: I am currently studying a bachelor of social science degree at the University of Cape Town however I also do creative consulting through a photographic collective that I have co-founded – Made in Johannesburg and run a bespoke menswear lifestyle brand – Afrocentric Gentlemvn Q: What...
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Adonis
Adonis the Greek god of beauty and desire is my inspiration for this weeks post. I thought I would take time out from immersing myself in the countless possibilities of the lingerie world and dedicate this one to the fellas. Let’s be real here, as much as men love what women look like in luxurious...
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Lunch with Steve Biko, Grandad & Shaka Zulu (Part 3)
There’s gunshots everywhere and kids in their school uniforms running for their lives. The teargas scrapes my throat and I could swear my eyes bled. I struggle to see through smoke to catch a glimpse of the moving mouth of a dying Hector Peterson as he lay on the street taking his last breath. His...
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The Struggling Feminist Man
And so we find ourselves in a time, as in all of recent time, where we are at war with each other and ourselves. No generation before us has known such division amongst people. It seems, like in most relationships, life was better before we met, before Columbus met the Native Americans and the commencement...
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Leading The Way …
Contrary to popular belief, leadership and power are not synonymous. There are many individuals with influence and power that are not particularly leaders. The perfect example is Oprah Winfrey, she is such an influential personality and is considered one of the most powerful women in the world, however, she is not a leader in the...
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…Of Women, Music and Feminists…
I hate that my ship remains docked; therefore leaving me compelled to live in a complex. Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite grateful for my little house; well, my bedroom really: let’s not exaggerate the extent of my rather shy of 60 square metres abode… Nevertheless, I have to admit that the Universe really threw...
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Sex Education
For as long as something is shrouded in mystery, there will be a need for the adolescent mind to desire to conquer it as it seems taboo, or rebellious. What is more appealing than non-conformity to the rebellious teenage mind? If that something is sexual activity (within everyone’s physical capacity), no amount of parental policing...
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Types of Friendzone …
Soooo… the friendzone thing. I think the friendzone is not as much a moral dilemma as we would like to believe. Although it may lead one to very immoral thoughts and desires pertaining to ‘dear’ friends. But also being in the friendzone can be or should be a norm in certain cases. I mean some...
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Marriage For Who?
Why the hell do you not want to get married? Why is modern society eroding this glorious institution away so blatantly and uncaringly? You are more likely to be invited to three times as many baby showers (pronounced “reasons to drink”) as you are to be invited to bridal showers or bachelor parties (pronounced “reasons...