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Let It Rain: Dead Snails on Daughter’s Windowsill Part II

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Let It Rain: Dead Snails on Daughter’s Windowsill Part II

[Content/Trigger Warning: death of a loved one and graphic description of sex] May 20th, 2019 “I don’t want…

Let It Rain: Dead Snails on Daughter’s Windowsill Part I

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Let It Rain: Dead Snails on Daughter’s Windowsill Part I

[Content/Trigger Warning: abuse trauma]   “How many really know what love is? Millions never will,” – Alicia Keys,…

Let It Rain: Broken Porcelain on a Red Stoep pt II

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Let It Rain: Broken Porcelain on a Red Stoep pt II

February 14th, 2012 “I’m so sorry for sending you back there, Leroy.” Khethiwe, my therapist, had a look…

Let It Rain: Broken Porcelain on a Red Stoep Pt I

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Let It Rain: Broken Porcelain on a Red Stoep Pt I

Trigger and content warning for graphic descriptions of deliberate manipulation, gaslighting, corporeal violence; self- harm; queer-antagonism, rape and…

Let It Rain: Pink Stains On White Kitchen Tiles

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Let It Rain: Pink Stains On White Kitchen Tiles

[Trigger and content warning for intimate partner violence in the form of gaslighting, prolonged infidelity and corporeal violence.]…

Let It Rain: Crushed Tea – Leaves in My Water

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Let It Rain: Crushed Tea – Leaves in My Water

[Disclaimers: this story is not an endorsement of manipulative, abusive or dysfunctional behaviour. Suicide ideation disproportionately affects people…

The Single, The Jaded & The Beautiful

Love & Relationships

The Single, The Jaded & The Beautiful

You know that feeling you get when you're walking down the road, dressed in your shirt and tie…

Célibataire, belle et blasée [The Single, the Jaded, and the Beautiful]

Love & Relationships

Célibataire, belle et blasée [The Single, the Jaded, and the Beautiful]

Tu connais ça, ce sentiment que tu as quand tu marches dans la rue, en chemise et cravate…

Resistance

Afro Sexual Wisdom

Resistance

I keep thinking of ways to give back. To pause, look around me and find moments to say…