Opinion
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On Surrogacy and Male Entitlement to Progeny
When men want the children, but not the women who make them. There is something unsettling about the way men—modern men—talk about surrogacy. So blasé and casual, a betrayal of what the popular and assumed…
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Ode to Nigerian Men: You Are Not at War, You Are on Twitter
There are over 200 countries today, and fewer than ten countries are engaged in formal war (a war between sovereign states and which is usually the type invoked in online discourses). By contrast, 250 babies…
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Feminism is not a problem, it’s a solution
The gender discourse online is exhausting. There’s a lot of noise, and somewhere in between the backlash, the blame, and the big declarations, we’ve stopped making sense. There’s a growing narrative that marriage holds no…
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Menstrual Hygiene Should Not Be A Luxury
Today, May 28, is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. The theme, “Together for a #PeriodFriendlyWorld,” sounds appealing, right? It’s a comforting slogan. But who are we fooling when an estimated 37 million women and girls in…
