Do I want to discuss these? No. Part of the reason we see the same people in Kenyan movies/shows is cronyism and colourism. Part of the reason our music doesn’t cross borders is because 1. The music industry needs a complete overhaul. (Generally, globally, the music industry has a myriad of issues but the Kenyan… Read More A Few More Hot Takes
Do NGOs help people? Yes. Sometimes. That is undeniable. Now that I have gotten that out of the way, let me talk about what necessitated this post. I was reading this news item and it continued to provide proof of my thinking that “foreign donors” and in an umbrella NGOs are interested in maintaining the… Read More NGOs, Donors and the Status Quo
Do I want to discuss these? No. Bridal showers where any form of advice is given should be abolished. This is actually a fact but I’m still gonna say it, nuclear families are a product of capitalism. And Christianity. Churches have adopted capitalist values and that is primarily why the church in Kenya does not… Read More A Few Hot Takes
Part 3 Breaking Down True Womanhood & Black Girlhood in Media How To Be Creative When You’re Feeling Existential 😐
If you’ve been around long enough, you know Paul Munene of Quaint Photography. After all, he shot our wedding and has shot all our anniversary pictures since. Also if you’ve been to a concert, you’ve probably run into him as well. He is currently exhibiting his photographs of concerts held at Alliance Francaise from 2010… Read More Photo Exhibition: A Decade of Live Music at Alliance Francaise
If you’ve been following on Instagram, I was looking for ideas on what to do with my wedding dress and the result of the poll that I posted was that I should donate it. Anyway a couple of people don’t understand how I am not attached to this dress. I don’t see the point. It… Read More I Donated my Wedding Dress
Can someone please explain to me why people around us and especially the older generations expect all of us to make the same choices and basically be the same person. Let me expound: For example some of our parent(s) have siblings and as part of that family they all made different choices. There are the… Read More I Don’t Understand
Office blocks with no parking – This is very fresh in my head because I had a doctor’s appointment and the guard at the gate told me the parking spots are only for tenants of the building. How do the people who approve plans approve such nonsense? Open plan kitchen – In my opinion, this… Read More Things About Kenyan Real Estate Design I Find Ridiculous
I am very behind on podcast listening. However, I have enjoyed these so I am sharing, as I often do. This episode of Death, Sex & Money https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney/episodes/aminatou-sow-ann-friedman-live-death-sex-money This episode of Unlocking Us with Brene Brown This episode of the Homecoming Podcast with Dr Thema This episode of Finding Our Way with Prentis Hemphill https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMTA4MTAwLnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC00OTMwNzU3
I had a friend. He died a couple of years back. And I miss him all the time. I could be in the car (because I talk to myself a lot while driving) and then I have random realisations or I just want to say the most random thing and I want to tell him… Read More My Friend E
