But how much does your life matter?
All lives matter is the popular response to BLM, but why do the lives lost to farm murders matter more than the victims of gender-based violence?
Category: Existence
Socially acceptable addiction.
We should normalise watching porn and turn the spankbank into a regulated, legitimate industry if we have any hope of turning the GBV tide.
Uncomfortable truths
Lockdown effectively ended when the hairdressers opened, so let’s talk about the way you can still keep yourself safe. Spoiler: you should wear a mask.
Why I’m not cancelling Crossfit.
Crossfit taught me more about myself than I’ve ever known and I can’t quit on it just because the founder is a bigot. The sport is bigger than that.
Hold your “End Lockdown!” horses.
A swift end to the nationwide lockdown will always be a death sentence to many more people than you think. COVID-19 cares little for the economy.
COVID-19 broke the media.
The media you consume is tailor made for you and thousands like you. It’s a system designed to make money off of your outrage and COVID-19 is showing us how broken it is.
Hey teachers, leave those kids alone.
We’re sending our kids back into a sterile world covered in face masks and good intentions and only time will tell us if it was a great idea. We’ll be fine.
Let’s talk about Sweden.
South Africa and Sweden are not the same and neither should the two approaches to COVID-19 response be.
South Africa is a great country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced economic relief plans that will take us into peak tourist trade season and the economic life after lockdown currently looks pretty rosy, thorns and all.
Stop looking for answers.
There are no universal answers for the COVID-19 problem, we can only do our best. Hopefully that’s enough. Lockdown happened, deal with it.