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Free yourself from the slavery of Facebook bigotry

24th Sep 201824th Sep 2018

If I'd continued living in that stifling box that most call life, I'd have killed myself. I don't know how others tolerate it, wanting to be a product, never discovering…

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The Democratic Alliance’s role in state capture

4th Sep 20185th Sep 2018

State Capture involves the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance. The former is well known and I'm pleased that our country is finally making inroads towards justice. The latter's…

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Hearts of Fire

7th Apr 201813th Aug 2018

Knysna, the prettiest town in South Africa, will awake this morning to a different world, one of loss and ash on tongues. It is certain that this will be known…

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Video: The Clock at the Back of the Cage

7th Apr 201814th Aug 2018

Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel's I Can Spin a Rainbow album is the opposite of taking LSD in outerspace. It's dreamy but it isn't dream pop. It's magical but there's…

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Counting Crows – Films About Ghosts (Review)

7th Apr 201815th Aug 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAe3sCIakXo "Little angels hang above my head and read me like an open book." I can't hear the Counting Crows without having my mind drift back to a period of…

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Sex, Miley Cyrus, Amanda Palmer & Me

7th Apr 201815th Aug 2018

Let's talk about sex and women's liberation. Sex is undeniably part of because we're human... and half of us, as a result of unplanned sex but well-planned biology, are girls.…

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Goodbye, Sylvia Kristel…Thanks for the Show

7th Apr 201814th Feb 2019

"I was a silent actress, a body. I belonged to dreams, those dreams you can't ruin." Sylvia Kristel, soft porn legend, died on the 12th of October 2012 - she…

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Our Cannibal Reality

7th Apr 201815th Aug 2018

It disturbs me that there are witchdoctors in my South Africa who sell body parts, babies, children and and female virgins most prized. "Acceptance" may seem too strong a…