Author: Atinuke

“Girl boss” feminism posits that the attainment of elevated social status and the amassment of wealth are what women need to escape misogyny and patriarchal oppression.

We’ve talked about how Abrahamic religions and the institutions built around them have been weaponized for the oppression and subjugation of women through history

The internet, for all its merits, is a cesspool of targeted hate and harassment. Women meet as much vitriol online as they meet offline and maybe even more so because of the ease of access that the internet grants.

Like all movements, there are dichotomies between feminists and the feminist cause.

The family is the smallest unit of society and in many cases, the first unit of socialisation.

It is impossible to divorce institutionalised violence against women from the Christian faith and the church as a body..

The pick me phase: A phase that almost every growing girl faces is centring men’s feelings. Even men learn to centre other men’s feelings thanks to our patriarchal upbringing.

We spoke to some women about their unique experiences and how they are treated because they look somehow that was deemed “unsatisfactory” by societal standards.

In recent times, feminist hate has been at an all-time high on Nigerian Twitter. The deliberate antagonism of feminists is not new but it has certainly intensified.