- Date: June 25, 2021
Being black and a woman in Africa
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Being Black and A Woman. Written Amanda Marufu
1. Being Black What does it mean to be black? A few years back I wrote...
- Date: June 25, 2021
A Liberating New Years Eve
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Spending Christmas alone was nothing new for me. After years of tears and Christmas afternoons turned Christmas night crying, I much preferred to be alone....
- Date: June 25, 2021
Save me, Save yourself, Save everyone
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I survived Many people have called me brave for speaking out. Strong. Even powerful. Most days I’ve just felt unlucky. See so many people asked...
- Date: June 25, 2021
Sexual harassment on LinkedIn
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What does it mean to be safe? ”Ask a man what his greatest fear is about serving jail time, and he will almost inevitably say...
- Date: June 25, 2021
My Body, My Choice: The Truth Behind Birth Control, Abortions, and Miscarriages
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‘I support the right to choose. Because no one can tell me what to do with my body. Nobody can tell me the cells that...
- Date: December 4, 2019
When being blind becomes a part of your reality: Living With Keratoconus
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See someone asked me where I’m going and all I had to say was I was heading into the ass. For the past few years...
- Date: June 24, 2019
We Are The World #WIASummit
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In ancient Africa, whilst the man was the head of the family, the woman was the center of the family. The mother brought the family...
- Date: June 18, 2019
Being Of The Sun
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For those who didn’t know her Rae was this amazing poet, with astounding talent and this gift with words that left you filled with awe...
- Date: June 17, 2019
Live The Life You Dream Of!
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“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” -Laurell K. Hamilton ‘Live the life...
- Date: April 17, 2019
Important lessons I learnt from Zee World!
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Before you click away, I promise this isn’t what you think it is. I’m not going to talk about my favorite shows or the singing...
- Date: January 19, 2019
Will #MuteRKelly Cause You To Stand Up and Speak Out? Part 3 and 4
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Riddle me this? Imagine this was the world reacting to colonisation, ‘Why did black people agree to be slaves?’ ‘Maybe they wanted it!’ ‘They should...
- Date: January 14, 2019
Will #MuteRKelly Cause You To Stand Up and Speak Out? Part 2
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What makes a man a monster or an angel? Many times when we are talking about abuse, we hear people say things like but he...
- Date: January 12, 2019
Will #MuteRKelly Cause You To Stand Up and Speak Out? Part 1
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RKelly has been trending on the internet not just this year but for a period spanning 20 years over the paedophile, child pornography, sexual assault,...
- Date: December 28, 2018
Featured: 4uxion
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Its true 2018 has left us with a lot to desire when it to comes to, well just about everything but one area it did...
- Date: September 24, 2018
My truth is your truth…
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A realisation of a truth that cuts deep A realisation of a truth that cuts deep, leaving me with waves of please forgive me and...
- Date: September 22, 2018
Starlight Dancing
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Speaking of events, today on my featured list I want to highlight an event hosted the Ballet School of Zimbabwe. Happening at the Ballet...
- Date: September 19, 2018
Featured: KayGee40
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So coming up first on my featured list, is an artist who’s striving to come first in every aspect of his career. Originally from the...
- Date: April 15, 2018
Love
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Words from my 12 year old self. LOVE 1 Word, 4 Letters, 2 Syllables, 1 Meaning It’s not always romanticIt doesn’t ultimately make the world...
- Date: April 11, 2018
The Voices Behind Music Part 3
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“The world has been taught to be scared of him, but the reality is that he is scared of the world because he has none...
- Date: March 25, 2018
The Voices Behind Music Part 2
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‘Sometimes pain renders you speechless’ (unknown) Our birth right, our culture, has been stolen and molded our unrighteous need to fit in, to please,...
- Date: March 22, 2018
My Top 3 Creative Picks
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My Top 3 Creative Picks So if you’re like me you might be over all the hip-hop videos that only feature some house party, drinking...
- Date: March 16, 2018
The Voices Behind Music: Part 1
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‘Alive in a generation that’s dying of thirst, surviving on medication and buying it first’ (Griffin) We were raised the beat the melodious rhymes...
- Date: March 14, 2018
Deserted
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Have you ever woken up to the light tapping of water against the porcelain sink and be sure you must be dreaming, for reality can...
- Date: March 14, 2018
Shame
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What does it mean to be black? To be so overridden with hate of self? The state, the pain, the lack of self. Is it...
- Date: March 10, 2018
True Love Waits
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It’s been two days since the last time we talked, two days since i decided well, what the heck maybe it is time, time to...