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It’s Been 10 YEARS Since "Mean Girls"? I Am Old. (Or: "Boo!, You Whore")

I remember the first time I watched Mean Girls, I was at a sleepover at a friend’s house. It was the end of our Grade 7 year, and we were taking the weekend to celebrate. Mostly, we just couldn’t wait to be in high school: at the time, having Grade 8 status seemed like theContinue reading “It’s Been 10 YEARS Since "Mean Girls"? I Am Old. (Or: "Boo!, You Whore")”

The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"

An edited version of this article appears on the VARSITY website. Click here for that. This April, Thando Mgqolozana, author of A Man Who Is not A Man (2009) and Hear Me Alone(2011), will debut his third novel Unimportance. Before the release of the novel, I wanted  to find out a little more about theContinue reading “The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"”

Excerpts of an Interview with Thando Mgqolozana

I have been writing for the UCT newspaper, and the second feature I was assigned was a review of the latest novel from Thando Mgqolozana, Unimportance. I was excited to read this new book, because last year when I read A Man Who is Not A Man I was really impressed.  Here are some ofContinue reading “Excerpts of an Interview with Thando Mgqolozana”

"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (Or: I’m still here- Don’t Worry)

Well, this is awkward. I haven’t been here in the longest time, there are cobwebs and crickets everywhere, and I don’t even have a great reason for my absence. The best I can do is “I’m busy with…school, and…life, and stuff”. But that is just so lame, so I won’t even try to explain myself.Continue reading “"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (Or: I’m still here- Don’t Worry)”

Celebs In the Buff, Girlish Giggles, and A Worthy Cause

One of the week’s hottest trending topics on social media was the March issue of Marie Claire magazine. This issue is the magazine’s annual Naked Issue, in which a selection of South Africa’s best-known media personalities bare it all between the pages of Marie Claire, in support of The Lunchbox Fund. While a group ofContinue reading “Celebs In the Buff, Girlish Giggles, and A Worthy Cause”

The Creeper Files: Twitter ‘Favorites’, and why I Clicked the Orange Star

I think I am using Twitter the wrong way. I use it to see what other people are saying about their daily lives, what they are obsessing over, what they are debating about, and sometimes what they are eating for lunch. I am looking to see what other people are tweeting, but I hardly doContinue reading “The Creeper Files: Twitter ‘Favorites’, and why I Clicked the Orange Star”

The Heat Is Melting my Face, and I Might Take Up an Interesting Pastime…

I have spent a lot of time talking to myself this week. I talk to myself about what I have to do that day, I ask myself questions about what on earth the other people in the house are always making so much noise about… I watch videos and make comments and laugh by myself.Continue reading “The Heat Is Melting my Face, and I Might Take Up an Interesting Pastime…”

Questions to Consider (Or: "I Don’t Make Resolutions, But if I Did, This Would Be A Cool Way to Go")

Jess, of Skyscrapers and Skylines, posted a list of questions on her page a few weeks back, and they got me thinking. Supposedly, the answers to these questions help you to evaluate the past year and make plans for the new one. I had never considered some of them before, and others turned out toContinue reading “Questions to Consider (Or: "I Don’t Make Resolutions, But if I Did, This Would Be A Cool Way to Go")”