My Grandmother and the Many Faces of Patriarchy My grandmother is one of the strongest women I know. Compared to people we think are the same age as hers, she
On April 1, 2025, in response to a viral video of a mother dressed in iro and buba– a traditional attire attributed to the Yoruba people in Nigeria— showing off
If you’re a woman and you’ve ever been to school, had the choice to get married (or not), opened a bank account, or even voted, you’ve benefited from feminism. If
Not being ‘like other girls’ was a mindset a lot of women had growing up, which has festered into a mind-block for women connecting with each other and building meaningful
On Feb. 19, 2025, the news hit the internet that Pastor Shyngle Wigwe decided to take his own granddaughter to court to contest her father’s will and ensure that the
At some point in her life, a woman will stand before a mirror, press her fingers to her breasts, and sigh. She has learned that the world will place her
At sixteen, Mary (not real name) got her first smartphone after passing her Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. Her uncle fulfilled his promise and bought a Techno LC 2 phone
In the last few years, there has been an ongoing trend on social media where women come to the internet to glamorize how sweet and cute it is when they
Women often get called ‘complicated’ or ‘difficult’ as a dig, and this is usually contrasted with a compliment to men as being ‘simple creatures.’ While there may be strains of
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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