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#TotalShutDown In Madadeni, KZN & Womxn’s Activism Today

August 3, 2018 / Latest News, Uncategorized / durban, feminism, julius malema, lgbt, madadeni, newcastle, thandiswa mazwai, totalshutdown, womxn in kwazulu

durban, feminism, julius malema, lgbt, madadeni, newcastle, thandiswa mazwai, totalshutdown, womxn in kwazulu

Afropolitan Explosiv joined South Africans, as they marched along the streets on the 1st of August 2018, as part of Women’s Month. A campaign called #TotalShutDown, womxn are saying no to gender violence. Singer and womxn/LGBT+ sensation Thandiswa Mazwai, announced the program for the campaign on her Instagram: Marches were held in Pretoria, Newcastle, Cape […]

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My Reactions to Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

I picked up Toni Morrison’s book The Bluest Eye 4 months ago. A story about a little girl, Pecola, who is pregnant with her own father’s child. She believes she is ugly, and wishes to have beautiful blue yes. She is black. The story annoyed me. (I thought myself of harder steel than that!) Then