‘Language is worth what those who speak it are worth’- Bourdieu

How often do you feel rejected by your own race or culture for speaking English? How often do you feel as though you don’t belong where you’re growing up or grew up in the past because the people there made you feel unwelcome? A couple of months after I was born we moved into an…

Matters of the stomach

Alright so since throughout my blog series I have been learning and teaching (I hope) new things, I felt that I should continue sharing my new-found knowledge. I have recently learnt, or should I say heard about eating disorders and the different types that exist. Don’t get me wrong. I know what an eating disorder…

Too often overlooked

There are many social issues that are often overlooked around the world. One of them being the issue of domestic violence against men. I will be focusing on one reading by Detschelt, A. (2002) as it gives a lot of information on the cases of domestic violence against men and how often it is being…

“The things you own end up owning you”- Chuck Palahnick, Fight Club

So, I discovered a new word that I never knew existed just the other day and felt that it should be shared because it is an issue within societies. I know the word materialistic, but I didn’t know that the word materialism was even existed. So, for anyone who doesn’t know the word or the…

Womandla!

Celiwe Ngculu is walking from the corner of the road where the taxi normally drops her off in her black uniform. Drained from a hard day’s work carrying several shopping bags. I walk meet her halfway and help her with her many bags. She has sweat on her forehead due to the hot heat of…

You’re never alone

Cyber bullying noun the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. I write about this because my sisters and I are victims of cyber bullying. This occurred either in 2013 or 2014, at which we were quite young. Cyber bullying can affect anyone at…

Our biggest enemy

I feel as though I should start off by writing on what I think most if not everyone would relate to because somehow, we all seem to do this. Whether it be our mothers, fathers or our grandparents, it gets the best of us. What is this you ask? *inserts drum roll sound* PROCRASTINATION!!! From…

“White genocide”. A reason to resurrect apartheid?

Since 2017 there has been an alarming increase in the killing of farmers within South Africa and this has therefore caused a retaliation amongst some South Africans. This being a creation of a “white’s only” town as they now feel unsafe due to all the farmer killings that has been happening within the different areas…

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton