by Nonkosi Tazibona | Apr 5, 2024 | African Identity, Social commentary
When that alarm goes off, you peel your eyes open slowly. You can feel the exhaustion in your body. Your mind and body are in a constant state of war. Your mind wants you to rise and carpe diem the heck out and your body screams just five more minutes of that sweet,...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Mar 29, 2024 | Social commentary, The Trials And Tribulations Of Young Adulthood
via GIPHY I was scammed. I believe most, if not all of us were absolutely scammed and bamboozled. Remember all the assurances we were given about “university being the best time of your life” or “university being much easier than high-school”? Well, surprise, surprise...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Mar 22, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY I don’t know why it took my seeing men I hated seemingly unbothered by my obvious distaste towards them for me to rationalise that disliking men only drives me crazy not them. They just don’t care—that’s the wake-up call that I needed. I nearly lost my...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Mar 15, 2024 | Social commentary, Zimbabwean youth issues
spoiler: no one wins! You ask for a mirror to check if your face is pretty. You ask your friend to check whether your side profile is appealing. You fidget on your chair wondering if you look pretty. Questions like: is my lip-gloss still noticeable? Is my hair still...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Mar 9, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY They’ll say beauty doesn’t matter. Well, I’ll have you know they’re lying to you. Why? Because human beings are innately shallow. Let’s talk beauty standards… While we’re well aware that beauty standards suck, I’m sure it’s vital to know what they actually...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Feb 3, 2023 | Media, Social commentary, Zimbabwean female issues, Zimbabwean youth issues
YES, I’M A FEMINIST AND NO I DON’T HATE MEN. So, you probably don’t get feminism. It’s okay, I didn’t get it either. No Zimbos, it’s not about hating men…it’s more than that. Way more. The Oxford dictionary defines feminism as the...
