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Why a C-section is the easy way out…
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Continue reading →: Why a C-section is the easy way out…Very brave of me to have this image of me post C-section as the featured image but here we are! When you find out that you’re pregnant, there are a few things that you’re excited about. For me it was choosing a name for my precious son. Everything else I…
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Continue reading →: Notes on Motherhood…
The best thing about motherhood (aside from a very adorable human), other moms. The worst thing about motherhood…other moms! My entry into motherhood wasn’t entirely planned, although (grown folks only over here) if you’re having unprotected sex then you’re technically kinda always planning to have a baby. And though I…
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Fibroid Gang Stand Up!
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Continue reading →: Fibroid Gang Stand Up!Préface: This post is dedicated to my rockstar sister Candice Andastasia 😉 who was the first person I knew of with a fibroid but in spite of that was the most fierce woman when she was pregnant with my two babies (my niece and nephew.) I was just over five…
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Continue reading →: America (and the rest of the world) has a problem
When I found out I was pregnant, it was a surprise. I mean to be fair, if you’re engaging in intercourse sans protection, you shouldn’t really be surprised should you? While my husband and I were planning on having children in the future, the timing of it was in the…
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Continue reading →: Black womanhood & the requirement to be strong
We as Black women are often described as strong. This is typically meant as a compliment when compared to other, blatantly negative stereotypes about us. This idea that strength is a birthright of Black womanhood is used to abuse us mentally. We must reject it! Viola Davis I was raised…
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Continue reading →: This is not a drill, I’m back!
It’s been well over a year since I last posted on Faith, Fitness & Everything Else. In fact, this post has been sitting in my drafts since the 21st of August 2021. To the people that stayed subscribed y’all are the real ones. So why did I stop blogging? That…
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Continue reading →: Our Ancestors Wildest Dreams: Elisabeth Tubajika
I met Elisabeth more than ten years ago when we both lived in South Africa. It was through social media that we reconnected again and when the idea for this piece came about, Elisabeth was one of the first people that came to mind. As a black woman, I have…
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Continue reading →: Our Ancestors Wildest Dreams: Intro
We can’t afford to wait for the world to be equal to start feeling seen. Michelle Obama In a system built to destroy you, joy is rebellion! My family arrived in a post-apartheid South Africa from a war torn Democratic Republic of Congo and the one thing I can always…
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Continue reading →: Black Lives Matter
Saying that Black Lives Matter doesn’t mean that other lives are valued less, it just means that there is a group of people who for years have been undervalued and exploited and it’s time we stop. Nathan Ryan Black Lives Matter is more than a slogan, it is a movement…
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Continue reading →: Tired
Another day, another name added to the ridiculously long list of women who have been brutally murdered in South Africa. Living in South Africa right now, particularly as a black woman is overwhelming. We have racist (and in some cases xenophobic) views to dismantle every day. There is a pandemic…