Category: Life
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From Painting An Avocado To Becoming A Prayer Point, This Is Jessica Nwoko’s Story
Truthfully, I have only ever sold three paintings, with each one being sold for 5 to 7 times the amount that I sold the previous one.
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Expanding your politics beyond feminism
One of the major failings of any form of activism is the refusal of those at the helm to realise that their struggle is not the sole or ultimate struggle on earth.
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Workplace Microaggressions: The Aftermath of Confrontation
After confronting oppressive systems and people, after a probable internal struggle and crossing all the barriers that make women unwilling to speak up, what happens?
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Handling confrontation as a woman
Women have been silenced for so long that many of us automatically opt for conflict avoidance even when we are well within our right to complain, especially when the complaint is against a man.
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Women have started to decentre marriage, here’s why
The emphasis placed on the necessity of marriage for women is packaged as well-meaning even when the people who push them to marry know the institution is flawed.
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Fighting for women’s liberation in the face of a dictatorship and the rigidity of the culture
Toufah Jallow said no. She said no to the most powerful man in the Gambia and the result of that is something we’ve come to know too well.
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Sexist tropes: The one where hobbies are gendered
The assignment of some activities to certain genders starts early. Female children are adorned in all pink everything and male children in blue.
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Biography of Toufah Jallow
Fatou “Toufah” Jallow is a former Gambian beauty queen, feminist and author. In 2019, she accused Gambian dictator and former president
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The harm in “gender preference” and how it manifests in socialisation
The term “gender preference” or “sexual preference” describes the desire of biological parents for either a male or female child.
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Emotional Justice
Everyone knows introductions are extremely important; a captivating header to usher in the ensuing speech.