Odima 🫧

Christian.
Professional Weirdo.
1 John 4:20-21.
My life, I will not waste.

[Odima 🫧 @OAtikinkpan]

@idonotexist789 😂😂

[Odima 🫧 @OAtikinkpan]

I'm in trouble 😭

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I just found out that creating stories in your mind is a disorder, and here I was thinking I have an incredible imagination lmao.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

You will grow older and you will learn how to use the word “friend” correctly

[Deborah Ocheido @d_ocheido]

Give me oil in my lamp

Let me light never be dim

[𝔦🪆 @angelicdeed]

theres so much to read, to see. so much to taste, to experience, to feel. life is overwhelmingly pleasurable

[Deborah Ocheido @d_ocheido]

I have never worn a wig

I may never wear one till Jesus comes. But that’s just me

A whole lot of women love wigs and wear them

Some say it’s very convenient

Some say it affords them freedom to up and go without doing too much

Some just love how they look with a wig on and that’s valid.

It looks dope and all and you do you queen. Love it for you

My post yesterday had nothing to do with liking or not liking wigs or what each woman chooses to which was why I said “ a lot” of women not all women

Which was why I did not just mention wigs. I also mentioned skin colour but somehow you all disagreeing did not touch that one

So let’s go to school a bit and unpack this discuss a bit more

I mentioned that I had a problem with the version of wig wearing that is used to hide our hair.

I mean black hair. Kinky, coily, shrinky, you get the gist .

Some said it was the styling problem and not a natural hair problem

But Sister Marie bliss styled hers too. She wore a full face of makeup and somehow a lot of black Nigerian women still felt she did not do enough for her big day.

All of a sudden we want to pretend we don’t know that many times, a black womans hair is not considered “made” until it’s tamed

Our hair that is naturally curly and kinky is a raw material that must be processed and relaxed to oblivion and flat ironed till its proteins are denatured before society considers it “styled”

The doctor in question was not doing surgery. She was not in a professional capacity. She was doing a photoshoot and left her hair in a twist out.

And some people called her mad. Because her hair was not laid sleek

Have you asked yourself what birth relaxers?

Have you asked yourself what birth flat irons?

Are you aware that a lot of women are fired from their work place because an Afro is considered a political statement and too intense for a work environment?

But a Scottish woman with wild red curly hair is considered ethereal

This is the same mindset that birth cancer causing whitening cream. And brightening. And lightening

Because one of the yokes the colonial masters dropped on our shoulders is that you’re not good enough if you don’t look like a white woman

A lot of Nigerians are still colourists. A light skinned baby is considered more cute and we still check the ears of a new born to see if they would darken with time.

Because black is dirty

A dark armpit is gross. Your dark inner thighs are disgusting

I’m passionate about fashion. Fashion is not just clothes.

It starts from inside. It starts from loving yourself, seeing yourself as beautiful.

The clothes we wear, the accessories, the hair , the skin, they are all just to accentuate who we already are inside.

And as a society we should be open to relearning ourselves dropping the shackles we still hold from the era when black men were seen as no better than cattle.

Blessings!

PS: 4C in all its glory innit🤭😌

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:

“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

"what's your taste in books??"
idk man, if it sounds good, i'm adding it to my TBR. 📚

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

ngl reading fiction is one of the most underrated forms of therapy.

[yimika| @yimikaaaa]

You MUST by all means develop a strong opinion of yourself so you don't end up internalizing the beliefs others have of you.

[miyae 𐙚 @ria_cheal]

It's strange how books make you miss a life you never lived, and a world that never existed.

[mahrukh @parhloumahrukh]

“I read the book you were talking about” is a love language.

[mia @ignitewarnerx]

ninguém entende minha necessidade de comprar o livro físico mesmo que ja tenha lido em ebook

[Odima 🫧 @OAtikinkpan]

@ChineduHerbert_ Your baby? I thought it was your offspring you meant o😂😭

[Sam Otigba @SamuelOtigba]

“Over sabi” should lowkey not be an insult. Most times, it’s just someone doing more than the bare minimum. Somewhere along the line, a generation decided that was a bad thing.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“You must ask for God’s help. ... After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.” - C.S. Lewis

[Odima 🫧 @OAtikinkpan]

My dad went back to study Law in his 50s, and now guess who's graduating this year? 🤭

[Ous'B 💚 @BongsMahlangu_]

People go back to school in their 30s to become Doctors and Lawyers remember that.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

rereading a book allows me to dive back into a familiar universe. i get to experience the characters and their journeys all over again, which feels just like catching up with old friends to reminisce about shared memories.

[Richard Oluwamayowa @Olaogun_]

I have neverrrrrrrr seen a man rely on God and end up in shame. He is a winner. Alwayyyyyyys.

I will win I know .

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

the bookish equivalent of looking at a full closet and feeling like you have nothing to wear is staring at a massive pile of unread books and thinking you have nothing to read.