Financial Considerations Before Having A Baby: Now you can tell those womb watchers to deposit an exact figure or gerrout!
Tag: africanism
Beguiled
Beguiled: That all along it was just you. It simply was not me.
Emotional Labor
Emotional Labor: “[W]hen it’s consistently one sided, it can get real old, real fast.”
Broth of Life
Broth of Life: “Where is our history? The one before colonization? Where has it been hidden or destroyed and why? What would it tell me that I need to know?”
Married Maiden
Married Maiden: “It was as though the person I was all my life (and still AM), had died and I didn’t even know. And now she was not to be spoken of.”
Between The Cracks
“Am I really Nigerian if I don’t speak my native language? I speak English but I’m definitely not British!”
Maybe Baby
“If I have a child, I think humanity is worth saving.”
Iyawo Wa
“Everyone tells her this is how its supposed to be. She tells herself this is how it’s supposed to be. She tells everyone this is how it’s supposed to be.”
Close Your Legs
[W]hile we start early to teach little girls that they are responsible for the sexual attention they draw to themselves, I have hardly seen the same energy used to repudiate the assaulters.
Ego Entitlement
“You know men…you have to manage their egos”.