People often disparage feminism for some of its impact towards women’s material reality, and this sentiment is fuelled by several misconceptions. They think feminism is (and has been) an unfair
Marriage has yet again been the source of many controversial takes on Nigerian social media. Amidst the heated exchange presumably from ‘traditional patriarchs’ and ‘liberal feminists’ on either side of
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When screenshots from a WhatsApp feminist group chat were leaked online, many people took it as a validation of their stance that feminists hate men. Accusations of ‘misandry’ on social
The rebranding of prostitution into ‘sex work,’ trussed by the ‘world’s oldest profession’ label, is perhaps the most insidious and successful propaganda in the history of modern feminism. The co-option
It is apparent that the message of gender equality and liberation of women from oppressive patriarchal norms rattle men. For that reason, it serves the purpose of their resistance to
The ‘feminist’ tag is a loaded one in mainstream culture, and it is not for reasons of anything it describes. Or perhaps, as Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his
Beauty as an ideal for women to aspire to is one of the apparently normal but quite damaging practices in our society today. It seems harmless because it is one
Christiana Idowu turned 21 on June 28. She was a 300-level botany student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), undergoing her industrial training (IT) – a prerequisite to
British-Nigerian writer Chidera Eggerue, popularly known as The Slumflower, recently went viral for a quoted statement in which she declared marriage ‘sex work.’ The statement has since gone on to
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