ShirlaneD 🧞♂️ 🌈
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ShirlaneD 🧞♂️ 🌈
@shirlaned
The djinn at the end of the rainbow. Co-Mom. Aspiring #AfricanSFF writer working on a duology. #amwriting #writingcommunity. I don’t DM.


I’m currently getting mass cancelled on Bluesky for simply being at the WHCD. You cannot make this up












POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success




I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.








South Africa's Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act sets the age of consent at 16 for all genders. Consensual sex with a 17-year-old isn't statutory rape, though positions of authority like teaching impose ethical and policy prohibitions against student relationships. The teacher rightly faces professional consequences for breaching that trust, regardless of legality.





















