Politics & Lifestyle,Sex, Relationships & Love
Summer Dungeon Nights
By Coily Era “Lub dub, lub dub, lub dub.” I could hear the workings of her heart as…
Sex and curiosity: The fantasy on the other side of straight.
By ‘A lover of women’ I had always found women intriguing. I did not necessarily see it as…
Gender & Identity,Politics & Lifestyle
To girls whose thighs touch
Artwork by SheRoxLox By SheRoxLox/ @sheroxlox (This post was first posted in 2016 but we thought a throwback was…
Sliding into the DMs: On checking in and community care within Black feminism
A few years ago, on the way to a conference of feminists I remember sitting at my boarding…
Love & Relationships,Politics & Lifestyle
Exorcising the heteronormative ghost from Afropolitan futures
By Dr. Anima Adjepong Some time back, I was re-watching Nicole Amartefio’s creative show, An African City. The show follows…
Fat Gurl Culture – the truth about being a black fat femme
By Ntombi’Zodidi Mazana I want to start off by saying this - I use the word “gurl” instead…
Revisiting the essay ‘Homosexuality is ‘unafrican’ in pre-colonial history’
By Cosmic Yoruba I wrote the essay, “Homosexuality is “unAfrican” in pre-colonial history” a couple of years ago. Thanks to HOLAA!,…
‘I thought she wanted me to be a man’: getting into the world of strap-ons
By Nnenna Marcia/ @NnennaMarcia. I’d never tried a strap-on before I met her, not being one for the introduction…
Masculinity and Femininity: when pink panties don’t match your tuxedo
By Thamsanqa Scaps Zulu People who don’t understand the word ‘lesbian’ will assume I’m a man trapped in…
Gender & Identity,Politics & Lifestyle
On being a gender outsider
By Sté The more I grow up, the less I feel... womanly. It can be a bit of…