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So I got my DL on Facebook …
Fifteen years ago, I got my first driver’s license. I wasn’t sure I’d get it because the cop yelled at me during the test. I did something wrong, I can’t remember what, and she was rather harsh in her...
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Sexism, feminism, and good men
I don’t know much about electronics. I rely on my baby brother for that. He lives five minutes away, is nine inches taller, thirty kilos heavier, built like a teddy bear, and gives the greatest hugs....
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*Dear Matthew*
*Disclaimer: Names have been changed … because dunia ni ndogo and I don’t want to get sued.* Dear Marcus I miss you. I don’t want to miss you, but I do. You engaged my mind long before you engaged my...
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Lost in translation
So a few weeks ago, my brother got some guys to repair my TV. Since then, I’ve had a few problems with it. Like, for example, it has a tendency to hang. My brother has the same model of TV, so I asked...
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Let me count the ways …
A lot of people think purple is my favourite colour. It’s actually red. Except when it’s not. Then all hell breaks loose, literally. I suppose our bodies were designed to house children, which explains...
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This video has been doing the rounds … and most people seem to think it’s super cute. Maybe it’s just me, but something in this video chilled me. No, not something. EVERYTHING! I know that my response...
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New Star Wars is Crap
Just saying. No spoilers. The good: Female pilots. And female storm troopers. And at least two scenes with aliens speaking Kuyo and Jang’o. One of them is Lupita. Also, light sabers. The bad:...
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F*ck your feelings
I love word-play, so – in my mind – that line *pointing* has six different meanings. Like, for example, Asshole. Demisexual. Masturbation. Eminem. Cocktail. Sex toy. For now, let’s focus on the most...
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Unrequited An ugly word That looks beautiful on the page I’m trying to be grown up To keep reign on my affections Because few things hurt as much As giving love That cannot be returned Except …...
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♫ I ain’t too proud to beg ♫
Begging for acknowledgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power – Jada Pinkett Smith in her Oscars Facebook video. Art is interesting, because it says different things to different...
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It’s funny … when it’s not you
I bumped into a blog post that tickled me. It was about a restaurant making fun of vegans, and the backlash that followed. Basically, the White Moose Cafe made some sarcastic...
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The other side of suicide
The thing with clinical depression is it can be cyclic. You handle it, it comes back, you handle it again, it comes back again … it can seem never-ending. Sometimes you want to stop the constant fight...
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#LoveGames
I read a lot of relationship books, and in the past few weeks, I’ve read Steve Harvey, Aziz Ansari, Helen Andelin, Ellen Fein, Sherrie Schneider, and a whole bunch of blogs whose urls I can barely...
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Boys, Skirts, and Olivia Pope
Kerry Washington aka Olivia Pope I bumped into an article this week. It was an interview with Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia Pope in Scandal. She says attending an all girls’ school helped her...
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Those good men do exist
And they’re not all married, gay, or catholic. I know because I’ve recently found one. On a dating site. Though to be fair, it was him who found me so I really shouldn’t take any credit. Either way,...
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Discovering the m-word
I came out of therapy with one conviction … that I never wanted to be married. Of course it wasn’t a new concept. I’ve played with the idea for years, and explained it wherever I could. To me,...
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Tomorrow’s rapists
I don’t know what drives a man to rape. No, that’s not true. I know exactly what drives a man to rape. Power. Or more accurately, lack of power. Exerting force over something or someone else makes us...
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Hangover chronicles
Your worst drinking binge was inspired by a boy. Makes sense that your first hangover would be too. You’ve never been much good at holding down your alcohol. That’s why you swallow so much water when...
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#NotAllMen
Somebody threatened to rape my friend today. He did it in a private forum, one he thought no-one would ever see; he said it to his boy. He’s a nice guy – well, everyone thinks he’s a nice guy. And...
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Existential whatnow?
I know a guy that’s deep into philosophy. He’s really smart … and conversations with him make me feel really dumb. Why? Because he’s forever quoting Nietzsche and Neil de Grasse Tyson and Alain de...
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