Category Archives: Columns

Turns out the Chaka Khan classic was spot on, says Tanya MeesonWoman&Home, May 2022 I may have been born in 1976, but I was created in 1949. Chances are, since you’re reading this, you were created sometime around then as well. It was a strange time, wasn’t it? The first atom bomb had been droppedContinue reading “You’re every woman”

Woman&Home, April 2022 One of my first jobs was working at a bookstore in Tygervalley, a shopping centre in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. It was the late 90s, and hardcopy books were still riding high. I worked nights and weekends, but the nights were my favourite: it was quieter and my shift partnerContinue reading “The politics of remembering”

It’s the daily chats that keep us connected and our sanity in checkWoman&Home, March 2022 There’s a love letter I write every day. It’s part of an ongoing love letter, written now over almost a decade, in many parts and in many ways: in short phrases, in long tomes, sometimes recorded, sometimes with pictures andContinue reading “Women of good characters”