Hey Roommates!
This past
week has been…extra! We almost wanted
to hide under a rock for a few days. Of course we couldn’t find a rock that
would serve us breakfast in bed, with strawberry dipped in chocolate and
masseuses kneading all the knots and kinks out of our very weary shoulders and
body. So…we worked!
Thankfully,
last week marked the start of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism; a series of activism-filled-days starting on
November 25. As observed globally, the campaigns began with the International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women and will end on December 10 with the commemoration
of Human Rights Day.
We joined in
the campaign by demanding an end
to violence against women and girls in our #OrangeTheWorld series. We will
continue to lend our voices to the upholding ALL human rights for every race,
gender, class or religion of people in the world.
We also
produced two new podcasts on The Review.
Though we didn’t plan it, both reviews were around themes and people from the
same era; 90s hip hop messaging. We reviewed Queen
Latifah’s U.N.I.T.Y and Straight
Outta Compton, the biopic about hip hop group, Niggas With Attitude…or
as they are popularly known, N.W.A.
Guess what? We
finally finished our LONG
DISTANCE series and received some major feedback about the what
happened to the characters. Some people loved what happened to Adon and Jason
while others were so pissed off, they wanted to explode. Yes! We are calling
you out! You know yourself! How do you think the story should have ended?
Share your views in the comments section and let us discuss. And oh! If you
haven’t read the series, what are you waiting for? (Ramat, Remimah, be nice!
Just drop the link here
instead of being petty.)
Anyway, that was
our week. What do you want to see in the new week? Use the comment section to
tell us!
Thank you for
being a part of our crazy! We wouldn’t rock if we didn’t have you!
Read all we
shared below and have yourself an uber fantastic week!
- · Here Comes the Bride (Part One, Two, Three and Four)
- · Ending Violence Against Women
- · The Review: U.N.I.T.Y by Queen Latifah;
- · Why Do Men So Easily Harass Women?
- · Rape Cases;
- · Feigning Innocence;
- · I Was Attacked…And This is My Story;
- · Zireme’s Story: A Glimpse into Child Abuse and Marriage;
- · Good Christian People (Part One and Two);
- · Making Itoro a Woman;
- · The Review: Straight Outta Compton;
- · Do Sex Workers Deserve to be Abused?
- · Long Distance: The Finale.
Best Regards,
Ramatu Ada
Ochekliye,
Founder,
Shades of Us
This is such a good move. We need more power for women. Oppression of women has been going on for way to long. Time to stop it now.
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