- Buy an overpriced ticket
- Buy overpriced alcohol
- Buy overpriced mute/flavourless food
- Stand the entire time while listening to playlists (We have lost actual DJs)
- Get into an overpriced Uber and convince yourself you had fun.
Rinse and repeat.
He had to ask them THREE TIMES how they think raping women affects the women they assault.
All three times they answered about how it would affect them. All three times.
Nothing will humble you like hearing the opinions of the men in your life about iGBV.
Like we’re really on our own 😭 You can’t even trust a man close to you to condemn a random man accused of murdering a woman without trying to defend him, justify it or play devil’s advocate.
All women are not "nurturers" or "caregivers." Some of us just want to make money, travel, do skincare, read books, and partake in ADULT relationships that don't require copious amounts of caregiving-adjacent emotional labor. One day, people will learn this.
A South African National Day of the Dame…
All women to not report for work.
To not travel anywhere, not even to the store or any recreational space.
A day of absence where no one is at the tills in retail or the tellers in banking.
No educators in the classrooms, and no nurses in triage. No work done or money spent by 52% of the population.
A call for government intervention in the GBV and femicide scourge and a simultaneous demand for fair and equal compensation.
Shut the this limping economy down for a day. See what happens…