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To My Hopeless Romantics
I’m a hopeless romantic, that’s why I spend a lot of time watching Korean dramas. Now if you haven’t heard of K dramas, where have you been?! You’ve got to see one, I have a full list I could recommend, hit me up and I’ll hook you up in no time. They are seriously the best entertainment hopeless romantics could ask for. Plus, they are funny, they have good-looking actors with top-notch acting skills, great story lines, and the best part is you get to learn about a different culture which is really fun and fascinating. But this post is not about Korean dramas and my obvious love for them,…
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Expectations of a Conservative African Community
I am not my hair I am not this skin I am not your expectations no no I am not my hair I am not this skin I am a soul that lives within _India Arie I was told not to dye my hair so I could find a husband because what decent Nigerian man could possibly want a woman with color in her hair? And so I responded, if the “decent Nigerian man” can’t see past the color in my hair, then I don’t want him, he has no spirit of discernment and he walks by sight and not by faith, how do you expect me to marry a…
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A Pageant That Celebrates Virginity
I was visiting one of those Nigerian news site one day, I don’t recall what site it had been, but I saw something that was very interesting. I saw a photograph of a young woman being crowned in a pageantry. I looked at her and was confused because she didn’t look like your usual pageant, although she was quite pretty. Then I saw the headline of the news article which read miss virginity, I didn’t know whether to be shocked or amused, so I decided to be skeptical about it. There couldn’t possibly be such a pageant in this hypersexualized day and age, maybe the news site had made up…
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Are You Cheating On Me?
Reflecting on Beyoncé’s Lemonade album and the whole speculation on whether or not Jay Z cheated on her, I began to wonder if there are two types of women. Those who leave when their significant other cheats and those who remain in the relationship, and if so, which category do I fall into? I also began to wonder how society’s perception of cheating men influences the decision of women to stay in a relationship or leave after a man cheats. But my ultimate question was, is cheating nature or nurture? Will you stay or leave if your husband cheats? What if he’s a boyfriend or fiance, does it make a difference?…
