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...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Jul 12, 2024 | Social commentary
via GIPHY It’s a warm, sunny day. The birds are chirping and ZESA decided to have the decency not to effect some heinous load shedding. There’s a new episode of House Of The Dragon waiting for you after you have made your tasty bowl of spicy noodles. Whilst carrying...