Et elle a eu raison de continuer. Le sang menstruel est profondément politique.
Pendant des siècles il a servi à justifier l’exclusion des femmes de l’espace public, du sport, du travail, de certaines fonctions religieuses, de l’école et même de la médecine. Il a été présenté comme une preuve que le corps des femmes était ‘faible’/ ‘instable’.
En franchissant la ligne d’arrivée elle a rappelé que ce n’est pas le sang qui est honteux, c’est la honte qu’on lui a attachée.
Omo if you wan run agenda
Run am no tag me.
Everybody I have met off this app, I have been friendly with. Even when they don’t see me, I walk up to them to introduce myself.
I no dey talk make e sweet anybody, I’m friendly off and on this app. So abeg when next you see me, please feel free to say Hello.
Thank you.
In all this, I also blame Nigerian media, nollywood especially.
They’re responsible for enforcing violently sexist, backward ideals and skewed morals to the average consumer.
We’re always talking about the causes of Olodo uprising, but Nollywood refusing to evolve is part of it
This is exactly why you’ll find grown men glorifying their mothers’ sacrifices while having very little understanding of what those sacrifices actually cost them. I remember my aunt once telling me that leaving her job was one of the worst decisions she ever made yet her
Our mothers didn't really do all of this. It wasn't always possible. The labour was passed on to daughters. We made fires, put those pots on the stove. They'd do the touch-ups for flavour but we did most of the work. We started cooking way before teenagehood.