by Michel Friedman (an associate of R-Cubed) A version of this blog was first published at: https://genderatwork.org/news/strengthening-resilience-connection-and-solidarity-during-covid-19/ “I felt extremely peaceful and beautiful tranquility. Thanks all” “Today I felt my chest opening. I even got my voice back” “Calm and relaxed. I did not feel alone and isolated, I connected with the other people in…
“I am in tears!!! NOTHING has changed! Black bodies, bodies of the poor are expendable” Last week we posted our first podcast, when the past stands in front of the present, where the trauma implications of the current state of emergency was discussed in relation to the historical context of the state of emergency during…
By Kati Wicht Lockdown is here. Taking a moment of quiet in the garden on the morning of day 1, I closed my eyes and listened; the hustle and bustle of Cape Town Main Road, just two streets away, was gone. I could only hear dogs barking and the odd siren blaring, but otherwise it…
Covid-19. A name that seems a better-fit for a sci-fi thriller, where an alien life-form comes to wreak havoc. And this ‘alien’ menace is then dealt with by Ellen Ripley (from the movie Alien) or the MIB, who sweep in to deal with it and then eradicate it from our memories. Except it isn’t. It…
During this period, for how long we need to endure, we will be running the ‘Corona stories.’ These will be short personal reflections on covid-19’s intersection with our lived lives. This first story is from Mike, one of our R-Cubed team. Monday morning. A bit bleary eyed I plop down in front of the screen…
