It takes more and more than just your regular five o’clock news to shock people. So what’s the story? Is it news or entertainment? How much substance is there to what you watch on television? Are you being informed or entertained? Sex, violence and drugs sell. Flipping through the channels on television on a random… Continue reading Our violent world
Tag: Habari
Respect, dialogue and understanding
I have never been one too shy to express my opinion. But after surveying my surroundings, I worry that if I ever mention God and sodomy, free will and abortion, penis and anything else related to the male gender in the same sentence, I’ll have tomatoes thrown at me.Can we not explore or discuss certain… Continue reading Respect, dialogue and understanding
Parading idiots and babbling fools
Here’s something you don’t hear many girls say: If it wasn’t for procreation, I would be a lesbian. Now this doesn’t have anything to do with my so-called obsession with Britney Spears, I’ve just officially given up on the male population for reasons most of you would agree with.Guys are too simple. There doesn’t seem… Continue reading Parading idiots and babbling fools
Expanding your mind
I’ve lived in Canada for about two and a half years and people always ask the same question: What is a black African female doing in Calgary? Whenever this happens, I’m always caught between my own thoughts on the hypocrisies and shallowness of the West, and my ideas on the misconstrued perception of Africa.Now I… Continue reading Expanding your mind
Accepting our violent sexual nature
In light of recent campus events, the link between sex and violence is on everyone’s mind. Since then, many worried discussions have proven a known truth about human nature: we are inherently flawed.Our society has created rules, punishments and guilt to "tame" our nature.They acknowledge and attempt to correct the fact that we are instinctively… Continue reading Accepting our violent sexual nature
Natural women
Being female is hard. Stereotypes of women, including their "obsessions" with body-image, their so-called "place in the kitchen" and their endless household duties, can all be attributed to the media and the many misconstrued perceptions of women they project.We’ve all seen "that" Tampax ad. It’s not much of a commercial at that. It consists of… Continue reading Natural women
New Den has lost its old cachet
Has anyone noticed how the new Den is suddenly a haven for all the “pretty” people that shop at Le Chateau? I’m all for progress and moving with the times, but I didn’t know I had to make a stop at “Le Crapeau” to pick up stilettos so I could make my way to the… Continue reading New Den has lost its old cachet