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...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Aug 9, 2024 | Social commentary, Uncategorized
The sporting world is afoot with nastiness. There’s a recipe to it. I’ll grab my cute little pink apron, tie up my cute pink ballet pumps and bake the sporting world for you, using the recipe I’ll recite in just a bit. I’ll play the wonderful symphony of swan lake as...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Aug 2, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY On today’s informed-opinion blog post (Lol, aren’t they all?) and rant, I’ll be expounding on men’s mental health and how it’s being stifled by a system that men themselves put in place. Can you guess what that system is? It’s really not that hard. It’s that...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Jul 26, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY I’m stumped. Why is it that my ability to feel is used to demonise me and my femininity? Why is it that my rage is unacceptable? Of course, I’m not only talking about myself here. I mean all women. No one likes emotional women unless the emotions they...
