The Unfuck Yourself Manifesto
Compiled by members of The Goddess Academy tribe. You can download the pdf here: unfuck yourself manifesto
Femininity
#beastmode
A few weeks ago I saw a meme on social media, an Uber-type taxi service had proudly posted a picture of one of its drivers. The driver was lauded because she accepted a trip after she had gone into labour. She picked up and drove a passenger to the airport before she drove herself to …
Catching Feelings
“Catching Feelings” I do love this phrase. I know that as it is used it primarily has a negative tone. Feelings are seemingly something nobody wants to catch. It’s ironic because all we do is in the name of attempting to feel a certain way or avoid feeling a particular way. We are encouraged to focus on …
SGBW: SISTARS, GODDESSES, BITCHES & WITCHES
At The Goddess Academy we have a term SGBWs. It is an acronym for Sistars (that’s not a typo), Goddesses, Bitches and Witches. Pretty much everyone is happy with the sistars and goddesses bit, but some balk at the bitches and the witches frighten many. I think they are all worth decoding. SGBWs according to The Goddess …
What’s a Smurfette to do?
I came across an article I wrote for True Love magazine in 2011. I am reposting it because I am wondering if there’s been much change. A friend of mine recently shared a disturbing conclusion at a dinner party. She is a Smurfette. A Smurfette, or more precisely Smurfette, seeing that there is only one, is …
Guest Post: My Period and I
I am not a fan of how National Woman’s Day plays out – the high teas and recitals of Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman. Mainly because I feel we behave as if we are where we should be, when in fact it is most definitely #notyetuhuru. We celebrate all month long, yet very few will examine the “condition” of being a …
Where Does Your Value Lie?
The second episode of Mokapelo I shot was with Simnikiwe. She had put herself under immense pressure relationship-wise because she (1) wanted to get married by 30 (she’s 26) and, (2) the next guy she went out with HAD to be the one. This was because Sim’s plans had been scuppered by life. She had intended …
A SEXY REVOLUTION
“The reasonable woman adapts herself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to herself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable woman.” – George Bernard Shaw, remixed Three unreasonable women have collaborated to bring about A SEXY REVOLUTION. Things have been askew for too long sistars. Consistent and …
How Often Must You Bite Your Man?
A friend shared a tragicomical story about a woman who hit and bit her boyfriend, out of sheer frustration – she couldn’t get a commitment out of him. Ours is a patriarchal society. For millennia now, this has been a man’s world. To survive and thrive many women have had to adapt. Fortunately for us …
A Goddess Defined
A goddess is a woman who emerges from deep within herself. She is a woman who has honestly explored her darkness and learned to celebrate her light. She is a woman who is able to fall in love with the magnificent possibilities within her. She is a woman who knows of the magic and mysterious …