Everyday Feminism

Everyday Feminism highlights feminist issues which affect women daily. We are discussing everyday discrimination, everyday violence against women, everyday inequality of the sexes.

Everyday Feminism

The commodification of women’s body image

Why do women’s bodies go in and out of fashion? Today, thick bodies are in. Cinched waist, a nice helping of boobs and a “perfect” ass. But a perfect ass has meant so many different things over the years. Once upon a time, big butts were a bad thing hence the over flogged comedic trope;…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 19, 20216Comments

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The politics of dressing

Hot take: “dress how you want to be addressed” is a ridiculous saying. It is simply a widely accepted offshoot of respectability politics. A person’s outward appearance should have no bearing on how they're treated, especially considering how this saying and the ideology that drives it is used to further marginalise already marginalised groups and…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 17, 20210Comments

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10 Types of Feminists You Will Encounter

The concept of feminism is simple. Equal rights for women. But seeing as politics and ideologies are received differently by different people, here are a few types of feminists you will most likely encounter in your lifetime. The NGO Feminist: They are vastly exposed with a few diplomas on their shelf. Works a high powered…

ByAnn HollandJune 17, 20211Comment

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Her Husband Is Dead Part Two: Harmful Widowhood Practices in Nigeria

Read Part 1 here Nigeria is home to lots of ethnic groups who lend the country rich traditions, languages and other aspects of culture like; food, music, oral poetry and clothing. Underneath the beauty of most Nigerian cultures, a lot of ethnic groups nurse discriminatory and dehumanizing practices specifically targeted at women. In the first…

ByAngel Nduka-NwosuJune 16, 20211Comment

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When is it okay to catcall a woman?

“Catcalling” is permissible and encouraged when there is a need to beckon to one’s cats. Dr Seuss’s Symphony of Catcalls is also the only instance of pleasing and maybe even melodic catcalling and, even so, it is debatable that his cats could carry a tune. Is it ever acceptable to scream obscenities at women? To…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 15, 20210Comments

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The elephant in the room: Child labour, modern day slavery & classed feminism

Growing up in Nigeria, I accepted some things as truth even when they made me uncomfortable. One of such was the idea of underage house helps, most of whom were often female children brought from the village. Even though I didn't like the fact that some of my family members had underaged help and even…

ByAngel Nduka-NwosuJune 12, 20210Comments

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“On today’s episode of girlfriends”

The worst kind of woman is the one who devalues female friendships and parrots sexist stereotypes about women’s relationships. “One of the boys™”. Many women went through a phase in their adolescence where they felt the need to distance themselves from all things "girly", including other girls. It was a cool character trait to turn…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 12, 20212Comments

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Sexist tropes: The one where we’re all called saints

“Not sluts, nor saints, just women” Women are held to higher standards than men and patronising as it sounds, it does no one any favours. A woman is to be altruistic, an adaptable version of perfect. A man? A man can scale by on the bare minimum. In public offices and general positions of authority,…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 10, 20213Comments

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Her Husband Is Dead: A Three-Part Series on Widowhood in Nigeria

Nigeria, like most African nations, can be described as a very marriage centric country. It is often the belief that women, in particular, must marry not only as a rite of passage but also as a way of securing intergenerational wealth and an eventual status upgrade from being a Miss to a Mrs. However, going…

ByAngel Nduka-NwosuJune 9, 20215Comments

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The impact of the Twitter ban on cybersecurity and organisation for women

Social media and Twitter in particular have been used to champion numerous causes and they have become the amplifier of the voice of the voiceless time and time again. The Nigerian government’s Twitter ban is not only in conflation with the right to freedom of expression and speech through any given medium; it is also…

ByAtinuke FalaiyeJune 8, 20212Comments

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