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Rumbi Writes

Missives and Musings from the Middle of the Margins

Tag: friendship

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Pain and heartbreak in friendship feels absolutely awful. It is so much worse when we don’t have spaces to scream, cry and vent. Even more so when we can’t admit just how much it hurts and changes our hearts. Thank goodness for art that recognises and tries to capture that, before the world’s end.… Read More F.R.I.E.N.D.S

March 19, 2023October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema GörgensLeave a comment

The Grim Promise of ‘Promising Young Woman’

That is the promise of this dark tale. The patriarchy might be too brutal to resist and it may render you incomplete. But you are not alone in your incompleteness. And you don’t need to seek wholeness in traditional gender roles. You can find it in one another. … Read More The Grim Promise of ‘Promising Young Woman’

February 18, 2021October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema GörgensLeave a comment

On Friendship

I broke up with one of my best friends last year.  It was a spectacular, real-life, parting of the hearts – angry words were sent back and forth across the interwebs and via our phones, accusations were flung, incredibly hurtful things were said (by both of us).  Reader, it got ugly.  And as these things… Read More On Friendship

April 29, 2013October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema GorgensLeave a comment

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