Your daughter just got her first period.
Do not tell her she is a woman now.
Tell her what estrogen does.
Tell her what progesterone does.
Tell her her cycle has four phases and each one will feel different.
Give her information. Not a new identity.
Let me tell you a story of what is happening in my country, Eswatini. In September 2023 the taxman ERS took members of parliament to a retreat, where they discussed how much they need to hit the target of revenue collection to fund capital projects. So they identified a few….
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
LIST OF WOMEN WHO I THINK ARE BIRDS
1. Sister wives
2. Women who drop out of school for love
3. Jail birds(loving a man in jail)
4. Women who fight other women for a man
5. Date or marry evil men
6. Give a boyfriend a child
7. Go to school to find a man
8. Stay for the children
9. Keeping the pregnancy when he says he’s not interested
10. Idolising and loving known criminals.
11. Intentionally birthing a child for a poor man.
They really want to turn every human interaction, from a private email to where and how you drive your car, into a transaction they can track, predict, and sell.
We're not even living anymore, we're just livestock in their digital farm.
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.