the roll out of this new blood transfusion doctrine is a bit suspect to me sha. my theory is that there's someone in senior leadership there [or someone very dear to someone in senior leadership] who needs blood transfusion to not die. eventually the truth with come out.
A few days ago, Amaechi went on TV and said, “Nigerians don’t react to anything. If you doubt me, line up 10 people and kill them. NOTHING will happen.”
Four days later, 37 children are suffocated to death. Still, no signs of nationwide outrage.
“Act dumb , men like to teach you new things”
“Turn off your brain and let your man lead”
Whenever I hear phrases like this all that comes to mind is Chimamanda’s quote
“We teach girls to shrink themselves….”
Even without something as direct as being hit on, just the existence of this kind of harassment forces women to change the times or days they go to the gym. Only men can act without thinking about anything at all.
As a Black woman, I am deeply uninterested in spending the second half of my life proving how much I can endure.
I would like to explore how much joy I can hold.