Infrequent musings of a meandering mind

I wrote the majority of the content of this post in July last year when I had set up a baby website in anticipation of Eliana's arrival. Since I have neglected this website, I decided to share the story of how we chose her names on my blog.  Aside from the usual string of questions that one fields when making news of an impending arrival known, is the one pertaining to what the little miracle's name is going to be. Choosing a name can be more than a little bit challenging because there are so many factors to consider depending on your view regarding the importance of a name. For us the challenge was finding one that we agreed upon – with the actual sound of the name and its meaning being very big deciding factors. Following a great number of suggestions and debates, we settled on Eliana . Not exactly a common name, but a beautiful one with a meaning that was close to our hearts. The Hebrew meaning is "My God has answered me" and since we'd been praying to be b...

In this piece I will be dissecting and discussing feminist and social justice issues in a manner which is logical and, while not necessarily politically correct, hopefully written with enough tact to avoid causing offense. Because triggers. I consider myself to be a strong, intelligent and well adjusted woman. Despite being born in Apartheid-era South Africa in 1986, with the associated privileges of being of European descent, I was raised by forward thinking parents who taught me to treat all people equally. And I must state that, although I describe my ethnicity as being privileged, I come from a middle class family and we were not wealthy. However, as previously stated, today I am not writing about racial injustices, I am writing about m y views on feminism. And these are mixed to say the least. I believe in equality and I am grateful to the pioneering feminists of previous generations who paved the way for me to live the life that I am living. What I do not buy into is (radic...