The addiction to having immediate answers - rather than allowing information to reveal itself when it is possible - can lead you to a continuous sense of anxiety, panic, & stress. What would it be like if you gradually practiced & prepared, allowing the future to present itself?
I've hugged a woman and felt the love and warmth we share in my womb. One of the most powerful experiences I've had in this short life I've lived. It always takes me back to Audre Lorde on the Power of the Erotic.
Jackson Mthembu's wife is still a nurse at a clinic. This is unusual in the ANC. A wife of a minister in the Presidency still working at a clinic? No family tender? No connections? Just contend to serve at whatever level despite access to power. Jackson Mthembu was exceptional.
Something amazing my midwife taught me right after giving birth is to have your sanitary towel right at the shower door. That way you can put it on before you step out, or put it on even before drying your body. The point is, you can put it on just as you switch off the water.
One of the girls in my 9 year old’s class just said “My favorite author, other than myself, is Judy Blume,” and that’s the energy I want to see from all women writers going forward
There's no cognitive dissonance one lives with quite like that of being a cis het married feminist. Even in the most loving relationship(s)... it's got the essence of Stockholm Syndrome. One day I'll find the courage to write about it specifically.