All Aboard The South African Nostalgia Train! You can deny it all you want, but when everything you grew up with starts becoming extinct and little kiddies begin calling you…
‘How’ evolution, expression, and star signs birthed MissSire
Change is a process that we’re all constantly met with throughout our lives. Whether it’s a result of difficult experiences, circumstances, or the realisation that we’ve outgrown our former selves.…
Does My Voice Sound Gay?
Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash I recently watched the documentary, Do I Sound Gay? (2015), in which journalist David Thorpe investigates whether the ‘gay voice’ truly exists; how it…
Does the South African Media Industry Have a Toxic ‘Hustle Culture’?
Earlier this year someone told me that I was not “hungry enough to make it in the media industry,” and if I was, I would be sacrificing a lot of…
Men’s Residences – Should they be abolished?
There was recently a whole exposé written about Wilgenhof, one of the oldest men’s residences at Stellenbosch University (SU). The piece contains detailed explanations of all its initiation practices and…
A letter to the graduate Class of 2019
Dear Class of 2019, The week of 30 March – 3 April 2020 was supposed to be a week of celebrating academic excellence. Celebrating all of you who overcame adversity;…
Take the 3-month Internship, at least it’s something
Your name gets called out; you walk across the stage, receive that scroll, and it’s official. You’re a graduate! The moment you’ve been working towards your whole varsity career. Everything…
What Does it Actually Mean To be a “Real Man” Anyway?
It’s a rule in society that if you’re a ‘sensitive’ man, who doesn’t like sport, have more female than male friends, and not dating anyone, you’re homosexual. There’s no other…