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This video from SlamPow! Productions is a representation of what street harassment feels like for women. The man is walking through town, minding his own business, and he just can’t get away from the catcalls, inappropriate touching and invasive stares. This is the life of women every single day, especially if you live in a bigContinue reading “MEAT: If Men Were The Ones Who Experienced Street Harassment”

The student production which I have been following since O-Week is really going places. For the Joburg Theatre shows, Chapter Untitled is accompanied by this vague plot synopsis: “How do you heal a wound, by opening it up again? Two friends find themselves having to confront a hidden truth, which began to resonate from aContinue reading “This Weekend At the Joburg Theatre: Chapter Untitled – Your Love Is My Fantasy”

Anna Kendrick starred in Pitch Perfect, and performed this song as part of an audition scene in the movie. I was pleasantly surprised to hear it on radio a few nights ago. It’s a cute song with a charming gimmick (cups as “percussion”), and it actually sounds a lot like something that would have featuredContinue reading “Anna Kendrick – Cups (When I’m Gone)”

I finally got around to finishing Spilt Milk, the second book by young South African author, Kopano Matlwa of Coconut fame.I picked up a copy of Coconut when I was in high school, at a time when I was struggling to make sense of what everyone was saying I was, and put it against whatContinue reading “I Was Reading: Kopano Matlwa – Spilt Milk”

This month, Rihanna is on the cover of May’s ELLE magazine, with that Nia Long throwback hair, stiletto nails and a Louis Vuitton S/S ’13 crop top and skirt. Now that Rihanna has posed in one, skirts with thigh-high slits are back. Lately, people copy her fashion as well as her hairstyles. Almost immediately afterContinue reading “Rihanna Loves MAC (and River Island, Too)”

I have no idea what’s on TV these days. Honestly: I sometimes wander into the TV room to see a little bit of some random comedy on M-Net or a repeat (of a repeat) episode of some or other Hollywood folly on E! Entertainment, but I have no real clue as to what’s going on.Continue reading “TV Time! The YouTube Channels You Shoud Be Watching”

Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu together on one song is almost too much intelligent, creative artistry to take. On Q.U.E.E.N. the two collaborate to produce a song which Janelle says is “supposed to make you jam, dance, funk out”. The video has just recently gone live on the internet, and in true Janelle Monae styleContinue reading “Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu – Q.U.E.E.N”

On Tuesday last week, I went on a little adventure to Melrose Arch for the launch of The Shining Girls.The place is overwhelming, to say the least: I thought Melrose Arch was a mall, but really it’s a town- complete with apartment complexes and probably a gym or two hidden behind all the hotels andContinue reading “A Launch and A Review: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes”