Rachael Sade's Blog

My Complicated Relationship with Feminism

Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists I was a child when I first…

Culture Muses

Did We Really Think That They Were Going To Let A Woman Become President?

I do not want to become one of those people who thinks that everything is about race or gender. But when it comes to this presidential election, it is immensely…

Romantic Muses

When the Thrill is Gone

“What about mad love and undying passion?” “Affection and comfortable lust are better.” Vanessa Grant, If You Loved me. I was reading a romance novel when I came across these…

Romantic Muses

Why Am I Still Single?

Is a question many of us single ladies are asking ourselves. Some women have already resigned themselves to the fate of solitariness. They have settled for endless dating that never yield permanency, sex…

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Romantic Muses

Love Yourself

Vlogging is my newest passion, but I do not want to lose my first love, writing. Besides, there are some thoughts that can only be expressed through written words. But I’m having a…

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Culture Muses

Angry Black Woman: Media Stereotyping of Black Women

Black women have a very interesting relationship with the media. For many years, there was a lack of representation of black women on television, but there has been a shift over the last…

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Culture Muses

The Year I Came To America: An Experiment in Memoirs

The year I came to America began at the American embassy in Lagos. It is one of the many memories of my last days in Nigeria I recall vividly. We were all waiting…

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