Making a case for eroticism in marriage…?
This is one of those Let’s get personal posts that I usually pray over before clicking that ‘publish’ button, in the hope that it will be received well and leave my reputation unscathed.… Read More
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Men, women and the B****** effect
There is a word I try to avoid using in my household, as it infuriates my husband. The B****** word. It feels very surreal writing this post – I never knew I’d ever… Read More
The pursuit of the unavailable man
It’s been a while since someone requested that I blogged on a specific topic and when my friend asked me to write about women who go for men who are already taken, I… Read More
5 Things that men and women owe to each other
The views that we form on the opposite sex are mostly based on our own experiences of love, heartbreak, friendship, incidents that take place in our everyday lives, or what we see in the… Read More
Women dating women.
Last year, I was asked out on a few dates*. By women; some of whom were pretty much strangers. It was like going back to the times when I was single and mingling… Read More
Is HIV on your mind?
Today is World AIDS Day. I have blogged about HIV before and my Activism page is partly dedicated to issues that relate to HIV and AIDS but I feel compelled to write about… Read More
A very personal encounter with Ethiopia
Anticipating and apprehending… Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk “The danger of a single story” is exactly how I felt about Ethiopia before I was given the chance to travel to this beautiful country. Everything I… Read More
The small print every woman should come with.
Dear men, We, women, promise to be everything you dream of. Terms and conditions apply. Please read carefully. EARLY STAGES: We women reserve the right to reject and, if needed, physically rebuke any… Read More
Because I am Girl: The State of the World’s Girls 2011 – So, what about boys?
The ‘Because I am Girl: The State of the World’s Girls 2011’ report is a global report on girls’ rights, created by Plan International and launched on Wednesday 12th October at Somerset House, London. I… Read More
Breaking the “comparing culture” in online communities
If, like me, you are a social media enthusiast and rely mainly on social networks such as Twitter to bring you the latest breaking news from around the world, I’m sure you’ve also… Read More
What was I thinking…?
Exposing some of the common mistakes we make as women… *Disclaimer: These are not my personal revelations… What was I thinking… going into this marriage with a single woman mentality? What was I thinking… trying… Read More
Memoirs of a lost and found friend
This is a bit of a personal post that explores the different dimensions of friendship I have had the pleasure to experience over the last couple of years. I have chosen to write… Read More
He finds her. She decides.
Long gone are the days of my matchmaking exploits (and failures)… I have learned the hard way. For years, my single friends asked me to introduce them to potential soulmates, I tried hard… Read More
The tears of our mothers
And so the journey begins… 07/07/07, I’ve just said I do, I am pretty clueless, with no real notion of what marriage should be like… I have no mentor, no marriage counselor, I have… Read More
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