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Assault to the goose is a sauce to the gander

About two months ago I hosted a radio programme – the subject of which was “sexual assault awareness” – during which I was instructed, corrected, and rejected by a number of male callers who posited...

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Are we there yet?

Listen, no matter what we say, regardless of how much conviction we have, validation (and community) is important. And that’s why I said a most irreverent halleluiah over the weekend when I came across...

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Your daddy’s home to stay…

So I’m hearing this story about a man in his late seventies who, for the past several years, has been living with a pacemaker and, recently, took a turn for the worse. Apparently, with the gentleman...

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‘Girl, keep ya head up’

During the pomp of the opening ceremony for the 57th Meeting of the OECS Authority held in Antigua last week, someone stepped on my corn. Claiming freedom of speech that comes with nearing three scores...

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Making up a case for consent?

Well, she skirt well short and she legs look plum’-plum’-plum’/And when she shake she whah-e-name she look so yum-yum….  If y’all are in my age group or listen to Klassic Kaiso Korner, you’ll remember...

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‘Oh behave’

Well, after 57 years, cat’s finally out of the bag regarding Carnival. Apparently, it took the coining of the 2013 theme, Sweet Misbehavin’, for some folks to realise that the annual summer festival is...

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Tell me you think ah sweeter dan honey…

Today I’m thinking about affirmation; what the young people refer to as “big up” and the conscious as “respect.” Two nights ago, a gentleman opened the passenger door and ushered me into a car and the...

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Done with the fairytale

I’m done with the Tooth Fairy. Now, I know there are some of you who were tsk-tsking that I even entertained her in the first place, but This. Is. It. Imagine that I defended her reputation even as my...

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Can’t always walk away or run

I checked – and by checking I mean scouring numerous websites and publications by the “experts” – so I know the politically correct answer to the question I’m about to pose, but, respectfully, as...

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Now, having shaken that booty in the name of the Lord…

A couple nights ago I was looking at a photo of some young people – dressed to rags, as we used to say – for the Grammar School graduation, and I speculated with a sister that one of the little girls –...

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Rolling with the punches

“From day one, it’s your job to get to know your children; it’s not their job to get to know you.” I came across that quote from a parenting site as I was researching raising kids that are your...

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Can’t find no G-spot there

A couple months ago, a friend told me that a woman we both know has a girlfriend. “I can’t believe she’s gay,” he said, in wide-eyed wonder.  I replied, “Maybe she’s not.”  Then I heard a similar tale...

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Whose party is it?

I can’t … I keep telling myself to just stay out of it … but I can multi-task, so even as I’m trying to convince myself to stay shut, my inner girl is moving my fingers over the computer keys. I saw...

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After sweetly misbehavin’ …

Tis the season, though not necessarily to be jolly. From what I can remember of the days when I was in the game, Carnival is the season that tests the mettle of relationships: The days when men fear...

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Sibling rivalry

So my boys are fighting – not fisticuffs; but it’s a serious verbal tangle. All the passion aside, I assess the threat level and realise that it’s low, so I continue working on my laptop. My four year...

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A re-run of sex and the city

So what did you think of the recent story in which a European woman who alleged she was raped, in Dubai, was sentenced to 16 months in jail for having sex outside of marriage and for consuming alcohol?...

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After this, what?

I know this is the time of year when we worry about young, impressionable minds with all the debauchery attributed to the annual festival. It’s funny how we blame the carnival but the perpetrators get...

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‘I miss my Ba-a-beee…’

Those of you who grew up in my time would have even a vague memory of the Mighty Sparrow asking boastfully, in song: “In de middle of de night, who she go cry for? When she want to feel all right, who...

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‘Plantain sucker follows the root’

The question was asked, Sunday night, about the difference, beyond the numbers, in the crowd for Party Monarch and Calypso Monarch. The answer was that the audience for the latter was 30 and up, hence...

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If you’re not going, you’re in park

At one of the pre-Carnival fetes I attended, I overheard a man gleefully telling my sister that his wife didn’t want to go anywhere for the season and, so, had done him a huge favour. “Mek she stop...

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