Brett “Fish” Anderson's Blog, page 25
June 8, 2015
Responding to Difference: An Exquisite Guest Post by Michelle Botha
The other day i wrote a post titled, ‘Do the Different Need a Disclaimer?’ in which i touched on how meeting someone with a disability or condition that makes them quite different to you can be challenging or scary in terms of not wanting to be awkward or embarrass them [or yourself] and my friend […]
June 7, 2015
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Mary Twin Enslin
10 things vegetarians are sick of hearing / your vegetarian friends want you to know I became a vegetarian on my ninth birthday. This usually elicits shock and the assumption that I am vegetarian because of my family / culture / religious beliefs. But, no – I was just a child who was interested in […]
June 6, 2015
I Write What I Like – Steve Biko: Part Black Consciousness
In my quest to continue learning South African history from voices other than those i grew up with i was encouraged to read, ‘I Write What I Like’ by Steve Biko. Not so much a story as a collection of letters and speeches, this book is really helpful as it contains real time words, thoughts […]
June 5, 2015
Do the Different need a Disclaimer?
This morning i went to a prayer meeting i used to regularly attend when we lived in Oakland a year ago. This other couple arrived just behind us and so i turned around and greeted them, shook his hand and as i went to greet her i assume i must have put out my hand, and […]
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Amy Benn
My journey into vegetarianism started how I imagine it did for many other people. I sat (in my case in my school’s hall) watching a documentary on chicken farming. I was horrified. I had always suspected that this sort of this was happening to the animals we eat but I had never seen it first-hand. […]
June 4, 2015
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Abi Ornellis
Why I’m [kind of, mostly] a vegetarian. Let me start off by saying that I like eating animals. In my early university days, I probably ate a bacon sandwich at least four times a week. This was on top of my regular meat-with-every-meal intake. I come from an Italian family. Growing up in South Africa, […]
June 3, 2015
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet S’thabiso Khuluse
My Facebook friend S’thabiso gives this topic a little bit of a different spin as she addresses: 5 questions you ask guaranteed to break the peace with any ‘black’ vegetarian If you have prior to reading this asked any of the below please kindly proceed to the nearest tree and hug it tightly and ask […]
June 2, 2015
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Bryan Hash
I was always taught to show love to animals, dogs, cats, cows, pigs, horses, etc. But never was I really challenged to think about the meat that was lying in front of me to eat. Meat was different than those cute animals we would see in someone’s yard or pasture. Or at least I thought. […]
Highlight Moment from my life #5: Highbury
In the days before tbV and Settlers of Catan, we had to find other ways to amuse ourselves, and most of those happened at a place called Highbury. Located in Rustenberg Ave, just off Main Road in Rondebosch, Highbury was a Young Adults house run by Claremont Baptist church that housed a number of residents who […]
June 1, 2015
Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet MJ Philip
Growing up I was never the world’s greatest lover of animals. I liked dogs because they were fun and horses because well… Zorro, but most of the rest of the animal kingdom tended to inspire fear more than awe. I remember as a kid going to the Cape Town museum and having nightmares of blue […]
