Tag Archives: Feelings

2014 May 10: Unrequited love

Posted on May 24, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Bonolo Mokua I could never hold her hand Though I would always get lost in her eyes, I could never hold her hand In fear that everyone would see that I am madly in love with her And … Continue reading →

Posted in Textualizing Our Own Lives, Together we can, Translation, We Are You, When Love is a Human Right, Women who have sex with Women, Women's power, Women's struggles, Writing is a Right | Tagged Another approach is possible, Appreciation, Art, Assurance, Call, Calm, Comfort, Communication strategies, Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Connected souls, Contributors, Crea(c)tive senses, Creative writing, Democracy, Description, details, Endearment, Experience, Expression, Eyes, Family, Fear, Feelings, Hold hands, Hope, Human beings, I can't do it ALONE, Intellectualism, it means never existed, Lesbian Love Is Possible in South Africa, Lesbian Youth, Life, Living..., Love, Love is a human right, Madly in love, Openness, Passion, Pride, Questions, Relationships, Same gender loving, Secrets, Soul, Speaking Out;, Writing is a Right, Young love | 1 Comment

2014 Jan.21: My Woman

Posted on February 20, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebohang ‘Leptie’ Phume I fell in love with someone I’d never met before. All I knew was she was 1.65m tall, had that dark brown chocolate skin, big beautiful eyes and jaw lines to die for. It was never my … Continue reading →

Posted in 1991 -, Adoring, Description, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Writing is a Right | Tagged Appreciation, Art, artists, Assurance, Creative mind/s, Expression, Falling, Fashionista, Feelings, Free spirited, Gifted, God, Kindness, Leptie Phume, Life, Love, Loving, My Woman, Partner, Person-hood, Relationship, Reminder, Sensible, Sweet words, Thoughts on paper | 6 Comments

2013 Feb. 15: Quotes

Posted on February 19, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Extracted from our South African poet, Sindiwe Magona in her poem “Why I Write” from her book Please, Take Photographs: I write to leave footprints To say: I have been Have lived This is who I am Who I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activism, Collaborations, community, Experience, Expression, Feelings, human rights, humanity, Icons, Intergenerational conversations, Longing, More, Naming, Photographs, Relationships, Representation, Speak, Voices, Women, Women's world, Writings | Leave a comment

2013 Feb. 16: My own perfect

Posted on February 18, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Ntsiki Cassandra Dlamini on Friday, 14 May 2010 at 10:53 · I may not be Picture Perfect but I’ve been given the greatest gifts of life. My beauty may not be what the media expects, but I am my own beauty. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, Being, Body, Commiserate, Discovery, Expression, Feelings, Hair, Healing, media, Perfection, Remember, Right & Wrong, Smile, Textuality, twist, Verbal Communication, Verve, Wording, WordPerfect | 2 Comments

2013 Feb. 14: A love note for you

Posted on February 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Maureen Velile Majola Today I take a moment to remember the very first time I laid my eyes on you,my soul met yours and we connected in a way I can never explain. It was months back when our … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Affectionate, Beautiful is love, Blessings, Bodies, Contentment, Embrace, Experience, Feelings, God, Hearts, Heavenly, humanity, interaction, Intimacy, Joy, Last, Life stories, Lifetime, Longing, Lost, Love, Lust, Memories, Naming, Passion, Peace, Presence, Presentation, Reach, Relationships, Religion, Reminisce, Representation, Rich, Sameness, Senses, Sensible, Sensitive, Skin, Soul, Speak, Time, Togetherness, Valentine special, Voices, Women, Women love | 8 Comments

2013 Feb. 12: A dildo is not a man; it’s a fantastic toy…

Posted on February 12, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lesego Tlhwale “Lesbians who like to use strap-on dildos, secretly sleeps with man!” This kind of statement I hear frequently in black lesbian spaces, when they talk about sex. So yesterday while we were having a meeting with a group … Continue reading →

Posted in South Africa | Tagged adult, aesthetics, aroused, beauty, Bodies, breasts sexual organs, chemistry, coming, community, consenting, Curiosity, details, dialogue, dildo, equality, erotic, Experience, Faces & Phases portraits, Fake, Feelings, femininity, Food for Soul, Freedom of Expression, history of sex, Imitating, interactive, Intimacy, Judgements, Lesbians, lipstick, Longing, masculinity, Memory, Men, Moral Panics, Mother, mouth, Openness, Organisations, Politics, Prejudice, Relationship, Representations, Satisfaction, screams, Secrecy, Sex, Sex toys, Sexual healing..., Sexual Politics, sexual rights, Skin, society, Subject, Surprise, Talk, temptation, tongue, Warmth, Women, Women's Words, Writings | 41 Comments

2013 Feb. 11: I almost wished

Posted on February 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Ntsiki Cassie Dlamini I almost wished I could start all over again. Go back to my first day and draw my first breath. To my early months and attempt my first steps. To my childhood era and make new … Continue reading →

Posted in African Queer Beauty, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Artists, Arts, As we are, Beauty, Before You, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian Artists, I almost wished | Tagged Accountability, community, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Gain, Honesty, Integrity, Poetry, Respect, Revival, Truths, Wish, Women | 3 Comments

2013 Feb.10: Yesterday after Creative Thinkers meeting

Posted on February 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

We were 11, met to discuss and share our creative works. We were all happy and left the place revived. Watch out this space and see what artivists are doing … L-R: Nqobile, Charmain, Kopano, MaZet, Baitiri, Lesego, Rene, Maureen, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ArTalk, Blackness, Bodies, Critiques, Culture, Debate, Discovery, Fans, Feelings, Happiness, Honesty, Hugs, Ideas, Language, Laughter, Naming, Poetry, Pride, Private, Projects, Readings, Reciting, Safe Space, Secrets, Sex Politics, Smile, Terminology, Thinkers, Women | 3 Comments

2013 Feb.10: Raped For Who I Am

Posted on February 8, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

A review “Raped for who I am” has to be the most difficult documentary I have ever had to watch in recent times. I have found soothing in my ability to remaining oblivious to the realities that pose a great … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Mobilizing, Creating awareness, Hate Crimes, South Africa | Tagged 20 Years of Democracy, Affirmation, Agency, Aging, ANC, Anger, Archives, Bisexual, Celebrities, Children, Cinema, Circumstances, Coming Out, Commitment, community, Connections, Contemporary, Creative Thinking, Demonstrations, Documentary, Expression, Family, Feelings, Feminine, Films, Freedom of Expression, Future, Gays, History, Homosexuality, human rights, Iconography, Lesbians, LGBTI rights, Lifestyle, Living..., Maturity, Moments, Motherhood, Movements, Networks, Personal, Photographs, Politicians, Politics, Power, Public Figures, Quotes, Religion, Representations, Review, Sexual freedom, Sexuality, Stigma, Tears, Videos, Voices, Women, Women Voices, Writings, youth | 4 Comments

2013 Feb. 6: Sisonke – What It Means to Me

Posted on February 7, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Sade Langa Sisonke – togetherness This word carries so much weight, at least for me. The word, to me took a new meaning for me eight years ago. It meant, “you don’t need to share DNA with a person … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Attitude, Background, Believing, Belonging, Bereavement, Care, Career, Courage, creative writings, Culture, DNA, Education, Faith, Family, Fatherhood, Feelings, Friendships, Future, Hardships, Home, humanity, Individual differences, Life experience, Life Lessons, Loss, Love, Luxury, Motherhood, Movements, Partnerships, Path, Personal space, Positiveness, Prayer, Protector, Reveal, Sanity, Senses, Sexuality, Siblings, Son, Stranger, Survivor, Teen pregnancy, The Need, Unity, Values, Writing Women | 4 Comments

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