parched, screaming and digging against the push you take a pretty hard sip to self the leaves lips dry, wide water it, there there, don’t cry pour the pot now a child sponging up the sun eyes smiling …
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It’s All Poetic Justice Until We Lose Our Eyes
My story is so nearly relevant, I forget and roll my eyes. Devil in savior’s clothes.Chooses strong women to destroy.Feeds his need for power, not so much to enjoy.{climax} his ego & impatient impulsesblind him. his triangulatedpitted fruits gather, withselfless, patient pistols restingat their soldier hips.Protests him out of town. {climax} Our storyHas a modern twist…
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Justice for Women March: Durban
South Africa has always been a nation that is run by its people; we protest, we shout, we demand for change and recently we have become complacent. However, various groups across South Africa have protested and brought attention to the tragic issue of gender-based violence. I had the opportunity to speak with Tersia Erasmus, one…
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How To Kill Misogyny: Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
I remember when I was in a classroom at my all-girls school and the teacher highlighted a statistic about how 1 in every 5 of us are dying of some terrible disease, and the girl next to me counted the students and for every fifth girl, she pointed her fingers like a gun and said,…
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When She Forgets
Today I visited my Aji; that’s what I grew up calling my father’s mother. I asked her if she knew my name and who I was. This had become a regular, albeit woeful, game my family played with her. She was diagnosed with dementia a few years back and ever since I’ve stood by; complacently…
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Young Girls and the Trap of “Somewhat” Rights
Do you ever notice how menstrual sanitary equipment is to be kept out of sight at all times but when you ask your brothers to clean their pubic hair off the toilet seat they tell you shut up and your mum says it’s natural, they’re boys? Do you ever want to tear your own eyes…
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Kama Sutra, Sunny Leone & The Politics of Sex
“I think there is risk in every form of self expression. You are putting yourself out for the world to judge.” –Sunny Leone Because how else do we approach the topic of sex-positivity without quoting India’s most celebrated porn star, Sunny Leone? So let’s get into it. Let’s talk S-E-X — the forbidden three-letter word…
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A Woman.
You find it more vile that The child who was defiled Had the right to save her life And the man who ripped her innocence to shreds walks free while she suffers with carrying a life she didn’t ask for? And the woman who fell in love Is not ready to bear the weight Of…
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Virginity Tests: The Fetishization of Chaste
Her lips thicken with a hasty smile — “She is fine. Nothing to worry about.” Overcome with tears of joy, a sigh of tormented relief escapes my mother — the illusion of nurture. And I lie down, disillusioned; I, who am muddied, and impure have been stripped of my dignity once more. _ A virginity…
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