Charlotte’s Mum
@RobynPorteous
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Intersectional Feminist. Writer. Runner. Bibliophile. Anti-Racist. She/Her. Disinformation destroys democracy. #BlackLivesMatter @Real411orgza. Views my own.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined March 2009
The best parents 💔
On Tuesday afternoon, my parents were involved in a head-on collision with a driver who appears to have swerved into their lane. Tragically, both of them died, my mum on the scene, and my dad a short while later at the hospital.
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RT @SketchesbyBoze: we need to bring back words like wastrel, rogue, ruffian, ne’er-do-well. there is an epidemic of miscreants doing shena…
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RT @heshidicjudaism: notice how they're using a shirtless photo of the boy who was sexually abused. it's really obscene, media outlets sexu…
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RT @dansmywholename: I have penned a longer response to Martin van Staden’s misrepresentation of the constitutionality of the Expropriation…
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RT @valavoosh: "Bad things" in SA. The Group Areas Act, a crucial law to the architecture of apartheid was passed 75 years ago. On this day…
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@Ameer1975 @TamiMagnin I felt the same. Most swim schools recommend five months. We didn’t want to do the sort of lesson where they chuck them in and teach them to float. That felt traumatic. Anyway, swim lessons are a must! Just make sure the school knows how to teach such a little baby.
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@TamiMagnin Definitely not religious and no time for crafts �� I do have a few friends in my running group, one of which has just fallen pregnant. But yeah. I will have to work a bit harder.
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@Ameer1975 @TamiMagnin We started when she was 5 months old but the place we went to just wasn’t great. So, we decided to wait until she is crawling, which she is now, and to find a different school.
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RT @dipuomahanyele: @RobynPorteous I havenjust realised that making friends after 30 must be like dating after 30...all the 🚩🚩🚩🚩 are waved…
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@TamiMagnin We did try swimming, but decided to stop until Charlotte is older. And I have been part of one moms and babes group, but it wasn't diverse and I didn't really gel with any of the women there. I do struggle at the best of time to make friends 😂 I'm not everyone's cup of tea.
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RT @Candice_Chirwa: I’m still recovering from being called “Sarah Baartman”, having my braids being pulled out of my head, being told dark…
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RT @GerhardKempICL: A disingenuous take. One can debate the nuance of foreign policy choices, but for Tony Leon to (still) presents SA’s #I…
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