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I Am Not My Hair: The Politics Behind A Black Female’s Hair
“You are not a freedom fighter because you have natural hair neither is your relaxed hair a product of white supremacy. Stop the madness.” Cristine Edusi This one’s for the coloured girls who critique each other on their choice of hair style because apparently the style of hair determines your level of authenticity despite the…
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“I Ain’t Saying She A Gold Digger…”
If you are a regular visitor to The Promiscious Pen you will know that I draw inspiration from an array of things most especially songs by my favourite artists , such as Kanye West (whom I used to be in love with, no really I was head over heels until Kanye became Kimye) and Drake (my…
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This Is Brazil.
Two things have united Brazilians this year more than anything in the last 64 years: the World Cup and the excessive amount spent on the World Cup. As news of the various anti-world cup campaigns are raging, it’s important to understand the rationale behind the demonstrations. These aren’t sporadic tantrums by a population simply “crying…
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God Doesn’t Want You To Pretend…
I like to add wordy introductions to my articles in order to psyche the reader up in the same way supporting acts come on stage before the headlining act in order to prepare the audience for the headlining artist. However, this time I think I’ll refrain from doing that and just get right to the…
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Why We Hate Love…
I wish to preface this article. This one’s for the grown – ups, for the over 18’s amongst us. No children allowed. We hate love. You’re probably wondering why I have made such a bold statement and yes I am aware of how sombre that statement sounded( blame it on my emo past, yes…
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Thou Shall Get Off The Boat Before The Storm….
This is the last in “The Emancipation” series. This one is short but I hope powerful. Imagine you are on a boat and you haven’t rowed too far from the shore. Now imagine it started raining but you thought the rain would subside and so you continued to row your boat gently down the…
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Three Cheers For Male Privilege…
I read the most hilarious post whilst I was perusing the internet for some inspiration and for the curious cats amongst us here is the link http://mensresistance.wordpress.com/female-privilege-checklist/. The article consisted of an exhaustive list of things women apparently enjoy as a result of being well women and whilst I was laughing and choking (at…
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Say My Name, Say My Name – Jesus vs. Destiny’s Child
Perhaps you have worked out by now that I am a music enthusiastic, especially when it comes to Hip Hop and RnB, (you may have also worked out other things like my hatred of generalisations, my love for Drake and Kanye West, the tendency to make horrible jokes in my posts to keep the reader…
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Does Size Really Matter?
When I wrote the article ” The Size Of The Ring, The Price Of The ring” I mentioned that I would post a piece that I had written for a magazine about ring sizes. Here’s the “article”, although it is more like a fictitious story than anything else, but a story that resonates with our…
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Because Not All Men Cheat…
I have a problem with the assertion that all men cheat and my reasons will become apparent shortly. I do feel like I’ve been writing a lot for the boys lately (see “What Solange taught me about Domestic Violence”) but I just can’t shake off the need to speak on the labels that have been…
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What Solange Knowles Taught me About Domestic Violence…
It was a story that shook the world (at least the entertainment world) and for the first time many of us became acquainted with the the concept of the silent movie (or in this case the short three minute clip). TMZ had successfully changed the way the public viewed the Carter’s and Solange’s fly kicks…
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#BringBackOurGirls : The Story of Our Missing Daughters
I am writing for our daughters. Every time the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls appears on my mobile screen tears well up in my eyes but they don’t fall. Internally I weep for our 234 daughters abducted from their school in Chibok, I weep for their mothers and finally I weep for Nigeria. I weep because history will…
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Where’s Our British Dream?
Many of us are familiar with the American dream and for those who are not I would say that at the heart of the concept is social mobility, which is defined as the movement of groups or individuals in and between social positions or classes i.e. from working class to middle class or middle class to upper…
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The Size of the Ring, The Price of the Ring
I’ve often been in conversations where a group of men are battling ( verbal not physical) a group of women over the importance placed on the engagement ring and the arguments tend to intensify when discussing the size and the price of the ring. In fact I wrote an article for a magazine I previously…
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Thou Shall Wave Good Bye to Rock Bottom…
This is the second part to my three part blog post which I have entitled The Emancipation Series . Part One discussed the importance of spring cleaning your house i.e your life by trashing the old and embracing the new (Read it here http://thepromisciouspen.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/thou-shall-keep-thy-house-in-order/) however, this article hones in on never becoming so low that you…
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Great Women But What About Great Men?
Hi world. If you are new to my blog,welcome and if you are a frequent reader of The Promiscious Pen, namaste. This post marks the first instalment of Because I Am Woman , a category that I felt compelled to include as I noticed some of my thoughts, especially the ones pertaining to females did…
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Eat, Pray Love.
I think I definitely have an obsession with film titles and perhaps I should speak to my shrink about it on my next visit ( ok I don’t have a shrink but if I did my obsession with film titles and music titles would be the first thing I would want to discuss) but the…
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The Feminisation of Masculinity
Hello there. I’m so very glad you have all visited for another dose of The Promiscious Pen and although it’s been a while ( and yes a week is a while) I’m back in full force to bring you the discussions that have plagued my mind. Since the ascension of Drake (who is my probably one of…
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Salt & Light… Salt & Light
And so it begins; my first “Jesus Piece” ( nothing like the chain Kanye West used to always wear) is here. I remember a while ago when I started blogging and getting feedback from various people, a lot of my Christian friends would ask me “Cristine, when will you ever write something pertaining to Christianity?” .…
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He’s Not Just That Into You…
I’ve always said that the movie He’s not that into you would make a fine addition to the curriculum of young women (please say you all have watched it, it’s quite funny and arguably life changing lol). In fact it should be made into some type of module that you have to sit an exam…