Tag: Life Chronicles
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RAPE.
Possibly the worst form of humiliation suffered by one human being at the hands of the most cruel and soulless human beings. A violation. It is the absolute abuse. A girl was raped recently, attacked by savages, and thirteen days later she died from injuries suffered as a result. Her name was Jyoti Singh Pandey,…
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Pray for Newtown
We woke up this morning to see the sun rise. Let us not forget those who didn’t. We pray for Newtown Connecticut, the families and victims, and those who witnessed this senseless tragedy. May they find the strength to deal with this loss. And may they always know that the world, as one, mourns with them…
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The Icon and The Feminist.
Labels. SCREW ‘EM. The lot of them. Tall, short, fat, thin, rich, poor, black, white…as human beings we go beyond our labels. A label might make it easier to identify a person by certain qualities, it in no way goes to the core of who they are or what they do. Some labels are just…
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All the Princesses.
Harrods has given us all a cause to relive our childhoods with the new Disney Princess theme for its window display. I actually never want to leave the front of the store and I don’t need much of an excuse to walk past, stop and heave a pleasant sigh. Despite the tourists. Disney defined most…
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Lance Armstrong, was it worth it?
Lance Armstrong was supposed to be the sporting hero of our generation, one we talked about for many, many, years to come. His was a swan story we should have relished telling. Just like that of Steve Jobs, sporting legend Billie Jean King and that epic match, or the formidable return of Monica Seles…all those…
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A brave girl called Malala.
At age fourteen, I, like many of my peers, was busy figuring out the world of adolescence, making sense of body changes and navigating the tumultuous teenage years where things like boys and make up took centre stage. We were lucky. Or so we thought. Education was a right and we took that for granted.…
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When Politicians Play God.
Politics is a nasty game, a game in which God is played by men who think they know it all. Men who have assumed it is their right to tell you, who to be, who to love, how and when. As they do with Gay/Lesbian/Transgender rights. How is it possible that a politician can define…
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The 5 year itch.
I’m terrified of interviews; having to sit through them and explain my talents and experience to future employers, not because I think it’s beneath me to do so, of course not, everyone should know they are getting their bang for their buck, however it’s the nerves I find unnerving, so to speak. Before an interview,…