“Iets van daardie klas by die nasorg wat in my kop vassteek is: wanneer jy jou arms voor jou uitsteek, van voor na agter swaai in ‘n sirkelvorm – vorm daai sirkel jou privaatheid. Dis die deel waaroor jy besluit vir wie jy wil inlaat. Of dit vir ‘n drukkie of ‘n soentjie is of selfs wanneer iemand net nader aan jou wil staan, jy het die reg om “nee” te sê. Dis jou spasie en
niemand mag dit oortree nie.”
“Onthou, ons mag maar “NEE!” sê. En Nee is nee.”
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Theolla works at the University of the Western Cape, whilst studying an Honours in Women & Gender Studies part-time. Her poetry and short fiction have been featured in anthologies and magazines such as Kuier Tydskrif or IOL’s Landisa Project. She published Die Here kom sterk deur, in 2023, which received the Cape Flats Literary Award for Teenagers’ Books. She’s since received three more Cape Flats Literary Awards for her contribution to literature and for best poem for "Hou jou bek". Her debut novel, Soetroos van Saron, is soon to be published by Kwela Books. But she says her favourite story is being a mom and wife.
