Thought
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With democracy, we can and should do better. Violence indeed made South Africa ungovernable, but it was dialogue that led to the historic elections on this day 25 years ago. Fear may paralyze us into inaction, but it is only courage that leads to the bravest acts me, you and everybody around us celebrate today.
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I was living in mirages, living in a dream I wished I could fulfill but now realising I could not. My mortality stared me in the face and forced me to acknowledge it.
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“What many people said (and continue to say..) reverberates through time. They are the words we remember when we are sexually assaulted and wonder whether to tell our families. They are the words that freeze us into silence and despair..”
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” Two hours, eleven minutes. For two hours and eleven minutes, I climbed into my lair and listened to the Waking Up podcast by Sam Harris where Harris and his guest, Vox editor Ezra Klein, were in discussion over their very public spat.”
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“Any African country should be proud to have South Africa as an ally. Its resources, networks and status as a middle power necessitate its senior role in the African pecking order.”
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“How do the values and norms of an entire country influence what goes on between two people in a bedroom?”
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It is easy for society to dissect and understand a same – sex relationship when one of them is dominant and the other, submissive. And barring a clear divide (that being a heterosexual relationship), they have to seek other apertures from which to “box” these two male individuals. And while sex is deemed to be…
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I often think to myself, “ gay people want acceptance from the straight community way too much. Who gives a shit if they never accept us? I sure as hell don’t.” And while this is good for my self-confidence, it might not be so good for lived reality. Unfortunately, people’s lives are often in danger because of homophobic and queerantagonist words…
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