Saint West has arrived!

After months of waiting in anticipation, rapper Kanye West and celebrity personality (who has no claim to fame, really) Kim Kardashian have brought a bouncing baby boy into the world. Uh oh.

Ever since the announcement that Mrs Kardashian-West was pregnant with a boy, the Internet has been betting on names. ‘Easton’ was an apparent favourite before Kim shot it down. Other names included Head, Wild-Wild, Tito and East-Meets … as well as every other direction that the wind blows (South etc).

We didn’t think it could get any better than North West. But we were wrong. On Saturday, 5 December, three weeks before he was due, he arrived. And shortly after, his name was announced: Saint West.

We don’t know what to say to this other than to reference a tweet we came across shortly after the announcement:

@xEllenDegeneres - Kim and Kanye’s baby is named Saint West! No word yet on what he’s the patron Saint of, but my bet is Instagram.

#ZumaMustFall

There’s this really complicated thing that happened to the South African economy this week, and we’re not going to pretend we can shed any expertise on the matter … we can’t brain. But we will give you our take on the social media storm that erupted when South African President, Jacob Zuma, was urged to step down.

This hashtag is the result of our president sending the whole of South Africa up sh*tcreek without a paddle.

On the back of the firing of Nhlanhla Nene, former finance minister of South Africa, this hashtag surfaced. And we think it’s one of the most influential hashtags of 2015, next to #FeesMustFall, of course. It worked for the universities; so surely it would work in this circumstance too?

Only time will tell ...

Do you have #GlitterPits?

And now for a trend you might find a bit mind-boggling. Introducing … #GlitterPits.

According to The Huffington Post, this trend isn’t exactly new, but it’s only recently gained momentum on social media.

Essentially, women all over the world have chosen to stick glitter under their armpits and snap pictures of it. The aim of this movement is to challenge social norms that dictate that women should shave their armpits, while, traditionally, men don’t have to.

Wait, what? We’re all for women empowerment and gender equality. But sticking glitter under one’s arms sounds incredibly messy … and surely it chafes too?

Anyway, that’s all from us for this week ...