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  1. SpeakZA! Freedom of the Press in South Africa is under threat

    3/24/10 12:10am by mashadutoit
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    This article is by Sipho Hlongwane. It is a call for bloggers to raise their voices against the ANC Youth League's attempts to erode freedom of the press in South Africa.  Read more >

  2. Martha Stewart shows how not to do it - #Fail

    2/27/10 3:01am by mashadutoit
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    At the last day of the Design Indaba 2010, Martha Stewart showed how not to do it: She misjudged her audience and delivered a talk that came across like a sales pitch.  Surely Martha Stewart had something more to share than how to do "paint by numbers" glitter paintings?  I wonder if she had attended any of the other speakers, and had no idea what the event was about?  Read more >

  3. The Body (Un)comfortable: teaching with blogs

    12/14/09 10:21pm by mashadutoit
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    Recently Franci Cronje - a colleague of mine -  ran a blog project with her 2nd year students.  Some remarkable blog posts were created. Teaching with blogs is not as straightforward as it may seem, and Franci shared her experience with me:  Read more >

  4. Combing Sedna's Hair

    11/27/09 5:16am by mashadutoit
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    My previous post referred to the Inuit story of Takannaaluk, an powerful figure in Inuit legend.  This was my excuse to learn more about Inuit stories, and to do a Takannaluk - inspired drawing, as you can see.  Takannaluk can be translated as "the terrible woman down there" or "the great one below".    She has many other names but is best known as Sedna, so that is what I will call her.  Read more >

  5. Water - and Dog-Wise Garden

    10/25/09 2:25am by mashadutoit
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    I've been working at the blasted wasteland that is our backyard, and changing it from what Brendon calls the "dog habitat"  into a garden.  There were enemies above and below the ground.  Below the soil lurked cut worm  that killed everything I planted.  Plants that survived the cut worm were chewed, dug up, peed upon, stepped, rolled or sat upon by Anna and Pippin.  Read more >

  6. Pippin the Great

    9/25/09 9:22am by mashadutoit in Going to the Dogs Comments (1)
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    Pippin says: Its Spring At Last!And he thinks "maybe now my mom will stop making me sit and pose and let me go roll in the mud some more!"Had to share this picture I took this morning.   What a daft dog.  Read more >

  7. Heart of Glass Part 2

    9/24/09 11:18pm by mashadutoit
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    * continued from Heart of Glass Part 1 * The next morning he had shaken off thoughts of the Bone Witch - or so he told himself.  It was his habit to start his working day with a coffee at the café across the road. The usual crowd of elaborately dressed youths were lounging self consciously at the counter.  He knew they were hoping to be the spark that would flame up as his next fantastical character.  Read more >

  8. Heart of Glass Part 1

    9/24/09 4:05am by mashadutoit
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    **this story is not related to The Troll Princess********************************************************* Once upon a time there was a man who told stories.  Read more >

  9. Challenging my assumptions

    9/7/09 11:23am by mashadutoit
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    Well, I had an interesting, if rather surreal experience yesterday. I was waiting in line at the check out queue at the supermarket.  I noticed a couple of young (student age) black girls, obviously a group of friends, standing in the line next to mine.  One of them was an albino.  I noticed her because she did a big double take at the magazine rack and said "Oh wow, look! Wow!" to her friends. Very excited.  Read more >

  10. The Troll Princess Part 3

    9/5/09 10:45pm by mashadutoit
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    *continued from The Troll Princess Part 1 and The Troll Princess Part 2.* The next morning Emma woke from powerful dreams of fish mince.  Something was tickling nose.  She opened her eyes to find Ratkin peering closely at her face.  Emma sat up.  “Hungry?”  It was late morning.  She must have overslept.  Read more >

Masha

Full Name
Masha
Member Since
April 2008
About Me: 

I’m an artist and writer living in Cape Town, South Africa. I teach new media, write about technology, and create art that tells stories.

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protecting and resurecting our environment,encouraging girls and women to excel in the world of new media,fighting the culture of excessive consumption

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