explorer, story-teller, picture-taker
Cape Town
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Not to be missed!
If you’re at Stellenbosch or want to show up. Please come and enjoy my talk at Stellenbosch University’s Psychology Department Colloquium on the 18th March 2024
I will be talking about my book Hot Water this time through the lens of mental health
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Why is attempting to clear one's email inbox always a fool's errand? Resulting simply your entrapment? An elusive goal with victory always just a smidge out of reach? Leaving you chasing a trail of your own making? Each response, begets another, and yet another and so it goes....
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Super psyched for Sis @GogoMagosha! Cannot wait to celebrate you and this important work. Love alles 😍
🔥 Unveiling "Hot Water" by @GogoMagosha ! An intimate exploration of chronic illness, racism, and inequality in South Africa. Join us on this eye-opening journey! 📚 Click here to pre-order your copy: jacana.co.za/product/hot-wat… #HotWaterReveal #NadineDirks #BookCover
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Yaaaaassss baby! Let’s goooo! 🤩🍾🎉
🔥 Unveiling "Hot Water" by @GogoMagosha ! An intimate exploration of chronic illness, racism, and inequality in South Africa. Join us on this eye-opening journey! 📚 Click here to pre-order your copy: jacana.co.za/product/hot-wat… #HotWaterReveal #NadineDirks #BookCover
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I’m afraid there are quite a few people who get into the teaching profession to satisfy their psychopathic need for harming and humiliating children. They’re those people who fantasise about beating their unborn children and claim they “turned out fine” after being abused.
A 14-year-old Grade 9 pupil who urinated on herself in full view of her classmates while on her period is battling to cope after the principal allegedly ordered her staff to identify her, saying she was a “disappointment to her school”. | @City_Press
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Yes. And let's put on high tea events and promote massage packages. Self-care is just the thing to soothe the crippling fear and anxiety women tell us they experience living in this violent society.
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This was one of the last things that Eusebius shared. He was right. Beautiful.
Rest in Power Eusebius McKaiser!
STOP what you're doing. Right now. You need to watch this.
Wow. I ... am speechless & ran out of tears.
Also retweet so Musa Motha becomes a household name in SA and not just a star on a UK show.
This is the inspiration you needed for this week:
youtu.be/6qonkpkK018
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A love letter to @lebomashile thank you for trusting me with your story.
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It was an honour.
“Theatre is a house for so many mediums… It is like an idea aquarium; you can do anything.”
I love you!
I have heard academics say this so often. The idea that abusing oneself in this way is something to aspire to and the only way to be "successful". Please stop. Please don't transmit this violence to others.
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Please ignore the grind culture agents who will be out here this week screaming about what you gotta accomplish in the last few days of this year. Stay alive. Focus on rest.
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I also wanted to mention how difficult it has been to report on Covid. And the constant abuse and name calling. I’ve grown a thick skin and just block it out.
But it hasn’t been easy. Esp because the facts speak for themselves.
But to all those who have supported me 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for 22 months. Many people have died as a result of the virus, which has also wiped out jobs and economies. eNCA Reporter @HeidiGiokos unpacks how the story has been unfolding throughout the months. #DStv403 #eNCA
Merry Christmas Beloveds! May peace, joy and love be with you and your loved ones as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Sending you big love wherever you are, Axx ❤️
Artwork by @timokamura
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Read bell hooks and Audrey Lorde slowly and for the rest of your life. Highlight and take notes. Change.
A few days ago I read yet another research report in which the researcher positions the research as "giving voice to the voiceless". This is ubiquitous in research with marginalised and vulnerable groups. It irks me. Words construct reality. Decolonisation begins with the self.
RIP bell hooks. We will keep moving forward towards our collective liberation. To a place beyond the laughter of disavowal that seeks to shame the truth teller. A place in which we can honour our shared humanity. Love. Peace. Freedom.
