Spaces, faces and places
She wears her poverty like a cloak Licence to speak Freedom to be A freak To get 3rd helpings and chew them loudly Daring anyone present, to object She will hit you with her shack In the informal settlement A reminder of all the ways …
UNomalanga And The Witch is one of my favourite short films. Partly because I love the two women who star in it but also because there is so much depth and complexity crammed into such a short piece of art. The chemistry between the Mmabatho …
Pink Shorts – Season 1 The Pink Shorts series is created by StraightUp Media which is a beautiful coming together of 5 Black Womxn, giving a different voice to the industry and hopefully, steadily breaking down barriers as they go. The Pink Shorts are StraightUp …
So today Ben asked me how we do it. I swear if someone asks me that question again I will commit murder. They were all standing there waiting for my answer and then Khosi, with all the smartness of an ass threw in another one, …
So here are my thoughts on the movie: Happiness is a 4 letter word. The build up: So we made a night of it – kinda like a late Valentines Day thing; had a nice chilled dinner surrounded by the warm twinkly Johannesburg night before …
I want to go away someplace warm With Toni and Rowan… By the sea; collect shells and sink our feet in the cool sand. I want a typical holiday; hotel lobbies and sand castles Fake potted plants or real dotted palms The sun streaming through …
Girl meets girl, girl is recently married to boy, girl and girl fall in love and ride off into the sunset to a happily ever after, stuff dreams are made of in my opinion. I do feel for boy but he is ok in the …
It is fascinating that when our beliefs and convictions are questioned or threatened we seek to other and alienate. This is a defence tactic that is used by all animals automatically. It is also possible to live a life unexamined; in fact it is how …
Apparently as a mother and new wife, I am in the right position to know what love is. Both these positions that I occupy – with great pleasure I should add, have indeed taught me and opened me up to love and will no doubt …
