Be Inspired by Miss Stone

So, it is done. Today I handed in my resignation. This has been a year filled with many losses for me. But it has also been a year of blessings. When I sit and think about the 11 months that have gone by, I do not know whether I should laugh or cry. One thing I do know though, is that I am thankful, oh so thankful. When 2013 started, I claimed it. I told myself that this was going to be my year. Little did I know just how right I was. I decided that after 4 years of working, I was going to apply for my Masters in Psychology. This was something I had thought about very carefully, considering that Psychology Masters is a full time course. I wondered how I would cope if I were accepted and what I would do to my house if I had no income for a year (from the 2 nd year, internship, I get paid). But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would all fall into place. I knew it would. And so, when April came around, I sent in my application forms. I believed in myself an...

I have come across a lot of race related incidents lately that do not sit well with me. Yes, we live in a diverse country. We live in a country where many race groups are expected to live together and get along with one another. This is not always easy though, but it is something we strive towards every day. So, as I was on Twitter the other day, I came across a few tweets that were aimed at Coloured people, but there was a certain tweet that really caught my attention. It read something like this: ‘I am not racist, because racism is a crime, and crime is for Coloured people.’ I looked at this tweet for a while and thought about replying to the person, but I knew my response would not be a well thought out one, since I was rather upset. And after a while, I just decided not to say anything. But I kept thinking about it though. And the more I thought about it, the more it annoyed me. Yes, there was nothing I could do about someone else’s thinking, or lack thereof. Yes, that was the...

What is a bitch? A bitch is a female dog. That is what it is. However, somewhere along the way, we seem to have lost track and gave this word a different meaning. I asked a few men on Twitter what they meant when they referred to women as bitches and these are some of the answers I received: “Rudeness, arrogance and when she thinks nothing of herself ([I] don’t call women that though)” “I think it’s all about the context it is used in though it can never be in a good way. Bitch as in a whore, someone who sleeps with anyone and bitch as in cocky or bitchy.’’ One of my friends said, “Unless you’re having sex when you call a woman that, it is disrespectful.” Yes, so I laughed a little at the last one but I was still left feeling a little confused as more and more answers came in. You see, I just do not understand this concept. Are we that unimaginative that we cannot come up with new words to say to each other? Because calling someone a bitch is really getting old now. Th...