Author: mamello m

• 2018: Unwaveringly Herself

  Unwaveringly herself! The first time I wrote those words it was almost flippantly. In an Instagram post even. But these two words. That effortless phrase, has become a life philosophy.…

  

• On Misogynoir and Institutional Warfare

  Rhodes University stop the war on Black Womxn!

  

• Broken Friendships

  I caught myself thinking about you the other day I catch myself wanting to tell you things I find myself telling stories about you I think I miss you But…

  

• No

    No, you cannot touch my hair You cannot take unsolicited photos of me Yes, I appreciate you singing to me in public, but no, I will not give you…

  

• Vibrant Faux Fur. A look. A Forever Mood

  The only thing that has kept me from crying out at having to go through winter twice this year, has been my unexpected style evolution. While I have still retained…

  

• The Bitch is Back

  Who is she? Is she me? You? My spirit animal? Maybe she’s an attitude. She’s breathing defiantly in toxic white hypermasculine spaces She’s loud Black Unwaveringly herself Vulnerable without fear…

  

• Withering

  -the seasons of depression

  

• Because They are Black Womxn, Like Me.

  “I love Miss Letsaba because she is black like me” That was my Grade 3 contribution to my school’s annual magazine. I think we might have been asked to describe…

  

• IDGAF: This is MY Body!

  I’m in the tube. Adjusting my camisole again. It has been riding up my thighs since I put on this skirt. The fabric and the shape, it seems, were simply…

  

• Arriving at Black Girl Fest. A Love Poem.

   These womxn! The hair, the face beats, the clothes. Look at how creative they are. Listen to how smart they are. How is it possible that all of them are…