For some people, a drink can have a calming effect during stressful times. I am one of those people. Some days when I’m stressed out, I head to the bar and grab a bottle of alcohol. On other days, I drink to celebrate wins or just life. While a young woman drinking may seem normal…
I cut my hair and a lot of women loved it. Despite the love, many women expressed how they couldn’t cut their hair because fathers, husbands, and boyfriends wouldn’t allow it. While I mentioned it’s just hair, the above response made me wonder why some men needed women to have long hair (fake or real).…
Yesterday, after working out at the gym, I decided to head to the mall to get a few things. Walking down the pastry aisle, I noticed two men staring at me. To get them to snap out of it, I asked them if I looked familiar. Shocked by being questioned for their stupidity one of…
Last week was International Women’s Day. As usual, events were held to celebrate women and discuss how far we’ve come and what needs to be improved on. My country-Nigeria was no exception. While a lot of promises were made (as expected), the Central Bank of Nigeria’s promise to improve women’s access to formal financial…
Watching CNN’s Freedom Project a few weeks back, I thought about how slavery never really went away. To me, it just evolved and ended up in some cases in our backyards. You heard me right. Our backyards. Right under our noses and no one really talks about it. You see in Nigeria, my birth country…
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