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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My Boyfriend Has A Girlfriend …
They are happy
He makes her sandwiches
She gets to smell his crisp scent, of nourishing nothingness
He gives her neck-kisses in the morning, tells her she is loved, he loves her and wishes her a great day
She gets to take him in
Dear Black Men …
Dear Black Men: We love you; we need you. We know that it’s not easy to be a man. It’s not easy to be a woman, either; to be educated, career focussed, wanting to grow in love; be the other half that supports a family, supports a home. But we don’t know what it’s like...
Love Is Not Enough …
John Lennon wrote a song called, “All You Need is Love.” He also beat both of his wives, abandoned one of his children, verbally abused his gay Jewish manager with homophobic and anti-semitic slurs, and once had a camera crew film him lying
The Reason Why I Don’t Date Men Between the Ages of 27 & 30 Years
I’ve always avoided dating men, in this age bracket; I usually dated guys in the 23-26-age group or 32-37. And my reasons for this were the itch years.
Rebuilding The Black Male Child – Masculinity
There is a lot that can be said about the negative impact of patriarchy within our society. Much of this will hinge on the effects that how men abuse their strength
Rebuilding The Black Male Child – Patriarchy (Part 1)
We need to talk. We need to talk about why we live in a society that lives in fear of the actions of misguided men. We need to look at what we have been teaching our boys that brought us here
Friends with Benefits
Friendships are a natural and integral part of anyone’s life. The not so silent gatekeepers of our conduct, partners in crime, and in some cases your friends are your family away from home. Friendships are usually standard
Dating A Single Father, Myths and Misconceptions about Single Fathers …
I put the term ‘single father’ inside quotation marks because the concept of single parenting is not as clean-cut as we often think.
The Myth of the Single Father
The concept of a single father is not unlike someone discovering a unicorn. After the initial awe and excitement, one quickly realises that, actually, there’s not much one can do