We All 'Love' God. Yet

We all love God

As is evident

In our packed churches

On Sundays

And all our masjid

From Fajr to Isha

Five times every day.

Find Your Motivation

Today I woke up with absolutely no desire to do anything. I was burned out physically and emotionally and I was beginning to feel like my life could be likened to a hamster and her Ferris wheel.

How The Leader Leads

Image: Adam Woodrey

They put on a grand show

Of cleaning the house

Whenever the boss lady

Is around

The Truly Intelligent One

People read their posts

And say to themselves

'Oh! What intelligence!

What intellectuals!'

They Sold Us A White Savior

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They sold us a white savior

With blond hair and blue eyes

Porcelain skin so clear

And beard so perfectly groomed

He was everything we were not

And represented everything we couldn’t be

So we latched on to his saving power

And hoped that one day

We just may qualify

To be and look like him

She Fell in Love…With Her Best Friend

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It all started like a bad joke in a boring movie. Kayla had gone to see her boyfriend when she bumped into him. He was tall and big, exactly how she liked her men. She smiled and said hello. He did the same. As she walked past him, she mentally noted that his voice was soft, smooth…almost like he was shy.

Why Do Men So Easily Harass Women?

Men in Yaba Market (Nigeria) harassing a woman for demanding an end to street harassment.
Credit: Market March

Most women have been sexually harassed in one way or the other. This could be in the market, at work, in schools, or just walking down the street. Some women have come to expect it as part of their lives. Before I go on my rant – and this is going to be a rant – defining what it means to be sexually harassed is the first call of duty.

Don't Ask Me When I Am Getting Married

The pressure has begun in earnest.

NIPPING THAT SUPERIORITY COMPLEX OFF

I used to have a superiority complex. Yes. I just said that out loud. Pheww! But…let me backtrack a bit to give this context.