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
[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
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
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
[Trigger and content warning for intimate partner violence in the form of gaslighting, prolonged infidelity and corporeal violence.]…
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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…
Mnemophobia
By Chediac Higashi Mnemophobia: The fear of memories Alice swam out of sleep. That’s what it felt like when she…
Your abuser is a woke radical feminist? What next?
What happens when your abuser is female, woke, queer and a radical feminist cum human rights activist who…
HOLAA! in 2017: A walk down memory lane
This year has been absolutely wild for us and we have had the honour of doing so many…
My Love (I am walking away)
By Siya My love I have been through hell. Sometimes I thought I would never make it. You…