The last couple of posts I put up for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day and International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women were on the heavy side so today we get to laugh. At me. For readers who may not be conversant with Swahili (Hi Alexandra and Nikita) sasa hizi ni nini … Continue reading Sasa Hizi Ni Nini
Month: November 2019
The F-Word
Hey, I’m Adelle Onyango and I’m back to hijack Lwile’s blog because there’s something threatening the very existence of women globally that I think you should know about. So here we are beginning the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence, (well for those of you reading this on the 25th of November) which … Continue reading The F-Word
Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.
The title of this post is stolen borrowed from the title of an episode of How I Met Your Mother (S01 E18 for anyone who is curious). I believe it is Oprah (please correct me if I am wrong) who said that if a man hits you once he will hit you again. The first … Continue reading Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.
It Ends With Us
The title of this post is stolen borrowed from the title of one of my favourite novels (by Colleen Hoover for anyone who is curious). I wish I could explain exactly why the title of the book inspired the title of the post, but I cannot do so without giving away a massive spoiler. There … Continue reading It Ends With Us
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. As per Wikipedia: the premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the … Continue reading International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, also known as Survivor Day, was designated by the United States Congress as a day when the friends and family of those who have died by suicide can join together for healing and support. It was determined that Survivor Day would always fall on the Saturday before American Thanksgiving, … Continue reading International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
X Is For XXX
Yup. We are really going there. It was my intention to put up X Is For Xenophobia as this month's guest post to shed more light on the situation in South Africa, but the person who was supposed to come through let me down at the absolute last minute. Thanks to that annoying turn of events … Continue reading X Is For XXX
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Book 32/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day is an international holiday that was formed in 1998, to promote kindness throughout the world and is observed annually on November 13 as part of the World Kindness Movement. Those are the first four paragraphs I wrote for the World Kindness Day post I put up last year; you can read the … Continue reading World Kindness Day
W Is For WIP
In the description of my Mental Health category I refer to myself as a WIP. Following conversations with a few people in my DMs last month after I put up T Is For Therapy then Let The Light In, I feel it is important to open up about why I describe myself as a work … Continue reading W Is For WIP
Lwile the Leo 