Rachael Sade's Blog

The Weighty Three Letter Words: I Love You

He says I love you and I say I love you too, but I’m cognizant of how weighty those phrases are. In the short time we’ve been together, we have…

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…

Culture Muses

I Am An African Woman

“Don’t call yourself a Nigerian woman, you’re in America,” was a piece of advice I received from someone who had read a blog of mine where I mentioned being a Nigerian. It…

Culture Muses

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…

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Culture Muses

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…

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Romantic Muses

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…

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Romantic Muses

To Revenge or Not To Revenge? – A Short Story

Folake was committed to doing something crazy and I am supposed to dissuade her. It was not really unlike her to come up with very ridiculous ideas that were never carried out. But…

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