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Samantha Patterson

Samantha Patterson

Womanliness; a strange inferiority complex

No disclaimers, no excuses and no justifications for why as a woman, or for many women our predisposition is to automatically position…

May 31, 2017

Womanliness; a strange inferiority complex

May 31, 2017

Samantha Patterson

The Entrapment Of Materialism

I constantly find myself trying to remind me that I need very little. It is strange what an obsession tangible items are for us, the more…

May 4, 2017

The Entrapment Of Materialism

May 4, 2017

Samantha Patterson

What South Africa needs right now

We are on the brink of disaster. And each step that we take closer and closer to the cliff edge, feels like surely this is the last. South…

Apr 5, 2017

What South Africa needs right now

Apr 5, 2017

Samantha Patterson

574 FRIENDS & LONELY

prisoners of our devices

Feb 28, 2017

574 FRIENDS & LONELY

Feb 28, 2017

Samantha Patterson

Poverty Of Time

I haven’t written in a while. It has saddened me with the passing of each week when I find I haven’t made the time to collect my thoughts…

Feb 19, 2017

Feb 19, 2017

Samantha Patterson

My Quarter-life crisis

We all want to be “somebody,” and we have exactly 25 years to do it in.

Aug 26, 2016

My Quarter-life crisis

Aug 26, 2016

Samantha Patterson

The Primal Origins of Belonging

To fully consider the implications of the things that divide us, we must consider those that unite us. Communities thrive on a sense of…

Aug 4, 2016

The Primal Origins of Belonging

Aug 4, 2016

Samantha Patterson

Pokémon GO! “Harmful mania”

More popular than snap chat or twitter in daily active users, Pokémon GO as our first widespread use of augmented reality is fast becoming…

Jul 26, 2016

Pokémon GO! “Harmful mania”

Jul 26, 2016

Samantha Patterson

Untitled

Jul 18, 2016

Jul 18, 2016

Samantha Patterson

Unemployment: The Human Cost

Unemployment in South Africa rose to a ten year high of 26.7% in the first quarter of 2016. I am one of these numbers making up the massive…

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 11, 2016

Samantha Patterson

Samantha Patterson

Medical doctor and occasional writer. If you enjoyed this post, please click the green heart or recommend and find more of my thoughts at www.simplymused.com

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