The role of social media in fostering a sense of community among women

One of the best things about the internet is its ability to eradicate the barriers of physical distance. Now, we can meet more people than ever before from anywhere in the world, creating an endless list of possibilities. For many people, the freedom to express oneself without fear of harm can only be found on…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeOctober 12, 20210Comments

Everyday Feminism

Virginity: A Social Construct

For many women, sex education involved being bent, scared and shamed into conformity. Women are deprived of information or deliberately lied to and misled to uphold the requirement of chastity and purity that virginity supposedly symbolises. Physically, the concept of female purity is enshrined in the hymen, but the hymen itself varies among women and…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeOctober 11, 20210Comments

Everyday Feminism

On Becoming Feminist

Document Women spoke to three young feminists on their feminist awakening, how life is different for them now compared to before they donned the title and how their newfound ideology affects their interactions and relationships with people around them. 'Decluttering and housekeeping' 18-year-old Engell was 16 when she first started calling herself a feminist. “I…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeOctober 5, 20210Comments

Everyday Feminism

Weaponized Incompetence

Have you ever asked a man to do something basic and they claim to be unable to do it, ask a million questions about how it’s done or how to do it in the worst way possible? For example, asking a grown man to pick up something at a store or to cook some eggs…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeOctober 4, 20211Comment

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Feminism and the rigidity of culture

Culture, by definition, should be transient, influenced and inspired by the people living at every given time. Culture should be malleable, willing to shift and evolve as people do. Unfortunately, society is marked by a dogged refusal by many to let culture evolve. Men and patriarchal society wield culture like a weapon in the oppression…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 28, 20210Comments

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Women don’t have an expiry date

Life doesn’t end at 30 for women, contrary to popular belief. Societal expectations and impositions typically reach their peak as women approach 30. Document women spoke with four women about how these arbitrary expectations affect their lives and how life is different than they expected it to be now that they’ve clocked 30. ‘Rolling with…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 27, 20210Comments

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Female Foeticide: All children should have equal rights to live

We spoke to Rachita on episode 9 of “We’re Not Crazy, You Are!” on the staggering prevalence and effects of female foeticide in India. Female foeticide is the selective abortion of female children after their sex is determined during pregnancy. It is as a result of gender-biased social construction that views female children as less…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 21, 20210Comments

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The Skin Bleaching Endemic

The preference for lighter skin is prevalent in black-majority countries, a testament to the evils of colonial rule. A history of near world domination by colonizers has set a precedent; that white skin is superior and dark skin, inferior. Society is built around and caters to whiteness and so, unfortunately, many people aspire to whiteness.…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 14, 20210Comments

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Dealing with patriarchy as a young Nigerian feminist

We spoke to five Gen Z feminists about their experiences navigating and dealing with patriarchy as young Nigerian women. The nuance of age and their feminist ideals shape their day to day living, experiences and interactions with others. Naomi, 19 Honestly, every day I learn one more thing that women can’t do or that women…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 13, 20210Comments

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Women-led movements across the world: #Arewametoo

At the peak of the #MeToo movement around the world, Khadija Adamu, a young woman from Kano in Northern Nigeria, shared the story of her harrowing, near-death experience at the hands of a man. This revolutionary feat (given Northern Nigeria’s conservative nature and the culture of silence that plagues Nigeria as a whole) birthed the…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeSeptember 7, 20211Comment

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The role of social media in fostering a sense of community among women

Virginity: A Social Construct

On Becoming Feminist

Weaponized Incompetence

Feminism and the rigidity of culture

Women don’t have an expiry date

Female Foeticide: All children should have equal rights to live

The Skin Bleaching Endemic

Dealing with patriarchy as a young Nigerian feminist

Women-led movements across the world: #Arewametoo

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