Festive season has come round with so many societal pressures and #lifegoals. And all the bragging levels have gone up a notch, which are always and forever getting harder to attain. With all the expenses and monies made ladies are pressurised to look and be a certain way. However our economic spaces are not conducive to such, but hey the elephant in the room is societal pressure. I was helping transcribe a focus group that was conducted with unemployed black South African women. It revealed that they have insomnia because they not sleeping at night, spending it worrying. The main reason they are anxious is that when they wake up; they think that their mothers are going to call them names. Words like: you are so useless are such crippling words. This I know because long before I loved and appreciated the relationship I hold with my mother, we used to butt heads. All day! Everyday! She didn’t understand me at all. I was reduced daily to shreds and I used to question God why was...
I was always told that I have a big mouth. Now I'm putting all that big talk to good use. Watch the space.