by Nonkosi Tazibona | Nov 8, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY I have always fully and firmly believed that women have bodily autonomy. SYKE. No, we don’t. I mean we do but the world doesn’t really accept that, does it? It’s the same thing with feminism. We have always been equal to men not lesser, it’s just that we...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Oct 25, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY I don’t understand why people are ashamed of menstruation…even just talking about it is unfathomable. There, I said it, point, blank, period. (Haha, see what I did there?) I know that society has always had an aversion for periods. I clocked the shame that...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Oct 18, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY The world is full of idiots. Gosh, who could have known? I mean I did. If you didn’t, you have quite a lot to learn. Society has always had a way of undermining women. Lol, who could have known? If it wasn’t evident in our socialisation growing up, our laws,...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Sep 27, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY Are you black? Yikes. Do you also happen to be African? Then that’s double yikes. I mean I would know, I’m both. Don’t get me wrong I like my melanin coated skin that sparkles in the sun as much as the next Pan African. I love that I hail from the...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Sep 13, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY She opened her eyes and adjusted them to the light. “Welcome to the world, little one.” They whispered in her ear. They were happy, I’m sure. She was happy, I’m sure. When she started to walk, she was dressed up like a pretty princess so she could run up and...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Sep 6, 2024 | Social commentary
When Culture Becomes A Noose. via GIPHY I was sitting under an avocado tree as one of my favourite hairdressers went to town doing my hair. She was clutching her crotchet tools, hooking my faux locs into the braided sections of my hair when a 20-year-old woman looked...
