Some days I'm a Goddess,
Some days I'm a wild child,
And some days, I'm a fragile mess.
Most days, I'm a bit of all three.
But everyday, I am here, trying.
I haven't been on twitter today - but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention and I can't not address it.
14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I'm not here to make excuses because I don't have anything to make excuses for. What I can't let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives.
In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom's daycare while I was hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion.
I was not famous, so maybe if I was, I would have understood that anything is open to whatever interpretation including being used falsely by a faceless mob. I've never been depraved in my life. You can retweet all the tweets in the world about me loudly crushing on people I admire/d. Or being a cheeky young woman. I wasn't trying to hide it, because I don't have anything to hide.
My team has been deleting some of my tweets because of how sensitive it is for my family. To be honest, I did not want to. I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault even before you knew I existed. It's not a costume I'm wearing, it's who I am. I've never claimed to be perfect. I've never claimed to know everything. I said stop raping women. I stand by it.
A woman in my church @dominioncitylag carried her child in the womb for 3years and 4months and delivered safely. God is indeed amazing. Another family waited 12 years and just had twin boys.
Miracle no Dey tire Jesus. God is in the neighborhood. It’s your season.
I remember the time when I gave birth to my daughter. They had to keep me in the hospital for 10 days because I wasn’t feeling well. Every time I tried to stand up, I fainted. At one point, I even stopped breathing, according to my husband. He panicked and called a friend who was a cardiologist. The friend’s response was, “You know, sometimes our wives just want attention because they’re going through a hard time.” My husband got angry and insisted that someone be sent to check on me. When the resident came, my husband simply said, “Just watch.” He helped me stand up, and I don’t remember what happened next. When I regained consciousness, I saw a room full of doctors around me, all in a panic because I had stopped breathing again. That’s when they realized it wasn’t just an “attention-seeking” move.
Why am I telling you this? I’m not sure—maybe because I feel that many women, especially those with chronic and complicated illnesses, have had similar experiences. If you want to share yours, quote this with #MedicalMisogyny.
The Nuns of Benedictine College have released a statement regarding the Commencement Speech of Harrison Butker.
If any "Christian" men have issues with the Sisters statement go argue with the wall.
I need young women to hear me: it wasn’t until 1974 women were granted the right to establish credit in their own name and banks could no longer require a co-signer like a husband or father.
A brief 50 years. Just like Roe. Pay attention, please. 🙏🏻
🫠my dad took us away from my mum for 2 years and even when she’d come to our school to see us, they wouldn’t let her🙂
The only way she was able to see us was sneaking to our hairdresser’s place and asking us to come meet her there. Nigeria is so so horrible for women.
Six men gang raped toddlers in a Houston Galleria bathroom then posted the videos. I’m not sure what’s going on with this world, that is the sickest shit I’ve ever heard.
Imagine being related to someone who tweets/thinks like this??? God abeg o. Your mother should have swallowed cos this is a sorry excuse of a human being. Do better.
Women, doctors, and women doctors are always being told we have to be nice to everybody.
Women should match people’s energy; do not be nicer. This is how you avoid abuse.
Doctors already know we must be professional but can discharge people who are inappropriate to us or staff.