Parents groomed us for toxic relationships
Most of the things we know, we learnt from our parents. Some of the fears that we have, we inherited them from our parents. Parenting…
I want to bleach my skin
I think before the house on the hill, this is the one thing I have wanted to do more than anything else. A friend of…
Strange Ways in Which You’re Using Other People’s Kids
Imagine genuinely being in love with someone and you’re just a painkiller to them. I came across ‘painkiller’ as an adjective when I was contemplating…
My Phone Usage Policy and Why I Don’t Respond
I find social media exhausting. For a long time I used it as a time filler or a source of entertainment. I’d go to bed…
Get off my case, I’m not ignoring you
Sometimes I open my WhatsApp and find 120+ unopened messages and I feel overwhelmed and close the app. But because some of you have an…
I don’t care who he is don’t go to his house
We shouldn’t have to set precautionary measures for our daughters. Teach your male relatives to STOP RAPING WOMEN. Now that all protocol has been observed…
Teach people how to treat you
The only thing humans are born instinctively knowing how to do is probably breathing. So if you thought we are all born with a module…
Don’t sign me up for silent moves
Here’s what my parents being too busy to show up to any of my school events taught me, you don’t die! Walking up to the…
Why I won’t leave him for you
I’ve been listening to that Msizkay, Awakhiwe and Mzoe7 Ngawuzw’ umoya wami song and I got to thinking about all the people who have expressed…
Money Matters When it Comes to Men
Love is a lot of things, the one thing it isn’t about is deprivation. If you’ve ever spoken to a good or decent parent, they…