Today is my birthday. I am 39 years old. One more year and then I'm in a new decade of my life. WILD! To celebrate the almost end of my 30s, for this week (30 October - 5 November) I'm offering 39% off both The Fall and The Peculiars for South African customers. Get each… Continue reading Birthday Week SALE
Category: General Blog
Season 6 of Living While Feminist is here!
The newest season of the Living While Feminist podcast launches today. I have spoken with some incredible guests for this season, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Book Dash!
Today I have the absolute delight and pleasure of being part of the 22nd Book Dash. Book Dash is a not-for-profit, South African social impact publisher of open, African picture books for very young children. Based on the evidence, their vision is that “Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five”.… Continue reading Book Dash!
On work and making meaning
I got my first job in the year 1999. I was fourteen years old. I began waitressing at a coffee shop on weekends and during holidays in the then-small coastal town that I grew up in. They made tramezzinis (exotic!) and upside-down-belly-dancing cappuccinos (more exotic) and sold them from 7.30 a.m. til 5 p.m. daily.… Continue reading On work and making meaning
Get books with SnapScan
REALLY excited to have found a way for South Africans to order my books on the website. Thanks to SnapScan you can now buy a copy of Adulting101, The Fall, Living While Feminist, Feminism Is, or The Peculiars from me online. Prices (including postage): One book: R299 Two books: R499 Three books: R649 Four books:… Continue reading Get books with SnapScan
Goodbye September
Is it normal to feel a constant sense of awe at how fast the time is passing, and an equivalent sense of anxiety about the things you'd hoped to achieve but haven't yet? If so, I am the most normal person you've ever met. September seems to have passed in a blur of family illness… Continue reading Goodbye September
Jen Thorpe 