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Month: October 2022

Wednesday Wisdom

October 26, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

The patriarchy has made women believe that we are each other’s competition when in reality, we are all queens. I…

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Filed under: feminism, fuckthepatriarchy, resist, wednesdaywisdom, womensupportwomen

South Africa: all the animals you can imagine

October 21, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

South Africa was quite different from my normal trips because I booked a guided tour to see it! Per my…

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Filed under: big5, bigfive, capeofgoodhope, capetown, cradlemoonlodge, desmondtutu, fishhoek, houtbay, indianocean, johannesburg, mandela, mzikilodge, nelsonmandela, pilanesberg, safari, simonstown, southafrica, soweto, winniemandela

Wednesday Wisdom

October 19, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

Standing in your personal power means knowing what you deserve, setting boundaries, and feeling confident that where you are right…

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Filed under: feminism, fuckthepatriarchy, personalpower, resist, wednesdaywisdom

Badass Women: Lena van de Caab

October 16, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

When I was in South Africa at the end of my trip (which I will be blogging about soon!), I…

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Filed under: capetown, historyofslavery, izikoslavelodge, izikoslavelodgemuseum, khoepeople, khoipeople, lenavandecaab, southafrica, southafricanhistory, VOC

Wednesday Wisdom

October 12, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

And I’m back to posting fantastic fuck-the-patriarchy images 🙂

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Filed under: feminism, fuckcolonialism, fuckimperialism, fuckthepatriarchy, resist, wednesdaywisdom

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

October 9, 2022 Alaina Leave a comment

Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell This novel is called Hamnet, after Shakespeare’s son who died as a child, but it is really…

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Filed under: hamnet, maggieofarrell, piranesi, readmore, readmorewomenslit, ruthozeki, thebookofformandemptiness, whativebeenreadinglately, womenslit

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