Author Archives: kelly kelapile

The echoes of laughter and hate associated with homophobia are the cheers for rapists to pounce on homosexual people ..If you carry around homophobic tendencies, you are handing over your fellow human being to criminals,they go around boasting about how they will make that ‘girl straight’, how she needs to ‘taste a real man’…Those guysContinue reading “#UpRootingTheRapeCulturr”

Grandmothers, stop silencing your grandchildren when they tell you what their uncles and grandfathers do to them in your absence. Stop convincing your daughters to accept molestation because you are ‘protecting’ the family name.Stop finding shame in standing up for your children. Your dignity is lost the moment you shush her and request her toContinue reading “#UpRootingTheRapeCulture”

Dear Young Man and friends- The power of a man is not defined by his sexual conquests. Do not find yourself forcing to bed any woman with aim to get cheers from your friends as you brag. It’s not proof of your virility. Don’t find yourself laughing at how you can ‘hit it’ and ‘passContinue reading “#UpRootingTheRapeCulture”

Have you realised how much we get concerned gore a 2 year old girl a ikgabetse, how a 5 year old should dress,dance and walk because we fear for her being raped or sexually molested,in her innocence we are conditioning her to know she is a sexual object, free play is not her priviledge. TheContinue reading “#UpRootingTheRapeCulture”

When you get unhappy that she left a relationship whether yours or someone else’s, When you get unhappy because she said “no” to whatever you requested,When you get unhappy because she hooked up with someone that you don’t like,When you get unhappy that she “disrespected” you,When you get unhappy that she reported rape.In all these,Continue reading “#UprootingTheRapeCulture”

WomenMentalHealth snippets Remember the cycle is 28 days, day 1 being the 1st day of menses. The last half of the cycle is called LUTEAL PHASE. This is the bottom part of the rollercoaster when estrogen dips low, progesterone gets higher preparing the uterus for pregnancy. With the estrogen being low, Serotonin (the Neurotransmitter thatContinue reading “WOMEN’s MENSTRUAL CYCLE & EMOTIONS”

#WomenMentalHealth snippets I promise you if people could be given a chance to just closely watch how certain chemicals fluctuates in our bodies and influence our demeanor + emotions: a lot of perception about us would change..🤞,bo ‘mmastsenwa, mmaspekere’ names might come with vindication😜… Our cycle is on average 28 days. Day 1 is theContinue reading “WOMEN’s MENSTRUAL CYCLE & EMOTIONS”

It’s common that we fail to detect stress on someone until it infiltrates their social functioning or occupational functioning but unfortunately in that time, push has come to shove, red alarms buzzing. Social culture has made talking about being stressed depict some kind of ‘weakness’ especially regarding men or ‘bothersome’ especially regarding women , soContinue reading “How are you? How are you coping?”

We, Women who love too muchbecome drawn to emotionally unavailable men ,very distant and cold characters -some are workaholics,-some are dealing with substance addictions, -some are runaway fathers,-some are busy chasing other women,-some have rather turned us into punch bags and forgotten we are human beings,-some have turned us into sex slaves they have forgottenContinue reading “Women who love too much”

Rob & Di PART 18….4 months later. They had been trying for a baby for the past 4 months but at every end of Di’s cycle was a blow of disappointment when she got her menses. The fun in their intimacy slowly disappeared, the more they didn’t conceive the more they got discouraged. Rob thoughtContinue reading “Shadowed Sorrows”