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A Glimpse into Motherhood: Skye

Interviewed by SNK This is part two of our motherhood series, in this interview we discuss how Skye has adpated to motherhood. Click here to read part one with Daniella! “Watching their little personality shine through more and more everyday, it’s literally like watching my heart beat out of my body. Best feeling ever” Skye,Continue reading “A Glimpse into Motherhood: Skye”

A Glimpse into Motherhood: Daniella

Interviewed by SNK “I knew something was wrong with my body but didn’t expect it to be pregnancy – I was absolutely terrified” Daniella, 27, She/Her, Retail Management, 1 Child (Age 4), Co-parenting Straight to the nitty gritty, how did you find out you were pregnant? I found out when I was 5 months inContinue reading “A Glimpse into Motherhood: Daniella”

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS : HOW TO MAKE IT WORK

Written by Lakeisha and SNK “A friends-with-benefits (FWB) relationship is one in which two people are physically intimate with one another, yet they’re not committed to each other in any way. People involved in a friends-with-benefits relationship clearly enjoy spending time together, but their relationship isn’t romantic and has no strings attached.” Brides.com, ‘Friends With Benefits:Continue reading “FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS : HOW TO MAKE IT WORK”

CELIBACY: Let’s Talk about It

Written by Lakeisha and SNK THREE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CELIBACY People often relate celibacy with religion and that’s not wrong, the two are commonly known to come hand in hand. However, celibacy is not exclusive to religious communities, and it doesn’t have to be your reason why.  Not necessarily, everyone’s boundaries differ. Some people only abstainContinue reading “CELIBACY: Let’s Talk about It”

Introducing: Master Jay Hodge

Master : “Mainly used in context of master/slave relationships where Master is dominant in every way – especially in bed. Master will often use pain as a method of control, torture and/or pleasure depending on his slave. This pain can be physical, mental or emotional” – Urban Dictionary BDSM: Bondage. Discipline/Dominance, Sadism/Submission & Masochism. Written By SNK RandomContinue reading “Introducing: Master Jay Hodge”

Signs You May Be In An Unhappy Relationship

Written By SNK Let’s just get this out in the open. In no way shape or form am I telling you to break up with your partner or that your relationship is in fact unhappy. If you do experience the accounts mentioned, no need to worry. Just sit with yourself and think about it andContinue reading “Signs You May Be In An Unhappy Relationship”

Understanding Gender Diversity: A Decolonised Discussion

It was a cool but sunny afternoon in May, Tshibola sat opposite me surveying the menu at Natak. They’d never had Indian food before and wasn’t sure what to order. I was meant to recommend something, but there were a number of things I’d never had on the menu, so we both ended up tryingContinue reading “Understanding Gender Diversity: A Decolonised Discussion”

What To Expect When You’re No Longer Expecting

Written By Lakeisha DISCLAIMER: This is a sensitive topic that discusses loss, it is an unfortunate event many women go through but is rarely discussed. I feel like so many people have sex (protected or not) and still end up in shocked Pikachu mode when a pregnancy occurs, I mean pregnancy is a direct resultContinue reading “What To Expect When You’re No Longer Expecting”

Questioning My Sexuality

By Saleha Kayiso My sexuality is something I have had the honour and privilege (for the most part) to wear on my sleeve. But figuring out my sexual orientation has been far from straight forward. (Straight…forward, get it?). I want to thank my beautiful bisexual bunnies who have been brave enough to share with youContinue reading “Questioning My Sexuality”