Shirima Wanja Jane

Anthropologist | Gender & Development Specialist | Researcher | Academia|

SDG 5 Champion #GenderEquality | SRHR Advocate | Chelsea FC 💙

[Shirima Wanja Jane @JaneShirima]

I finally hit send on something I’ve been sitting with for a while. It took time and courage. I had to do it from my favorite spot because I’m sentimental like that. I am grateful for the weight lifted and the journey ahead. #GratefulHeart

[Shirima Wanja Jane @JaneShirima]

@Shee_Astro Happy solar return Shee. May the universe grant you your heart desires. Wishing you abundance and prosperity. ❤️❤️❤️

[Thot gpt @Kivutss]

My idea of a risky text is asking someone to do something for me😭😭😭😭 uugh

[Kandidly Kamesha ✨ @KandidlyKamesha]

I’m letting go of the whole “I don’t ask for much” mindset.

I ask. I receive. I deserve.

[Misheline Mutuzo @Lord_Mutuzo]

“To every girl who said “This is not how I want to live for the rest of my life” and walked away- girlhood is so proud of you”

-Thank you❤️

[Shirima Wanja Jane @JaneShirima]

@bennetowuonda @TheRealWambo The dictionary and the atlas were some of my favorite reads growing up. As a result, I have a surprisingly solid knowledge of countries, capitals, and continents.
And thanks to all that time spent with the dictionary, I also have a strong attachment to proper grammar. 😂

[27. @dimvji]

normalize doing simple things that serve no purpose except making you happy

[Anthony @Mrrcity_]

Happiness lives in three places.. Letting go of what was, enjoying what is and trusting what will be

[Annalise Keating @Ariannnyy_]

The internet has blurred the line between proximity and equivalence. Being able to reach someone doesn’t make you their peer.

[No filter Skin @NoFilterSkin]

Girl to girl: be that girl again.

Get disciplined again. Take care of yourself again. Eat better & move your body again. Oil your edges & drink your water again. Start praying & reading your Bible again. Get your money up and sleep 8 hours again. Find your spark and put yourself first.

[Joy Joy @Joyoky1]

Clarifying things so the other person doesn't overthink is also a form of emotional responsibility. Reassurance is a love language that doesn't get talked about enough.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

my five love languages:

1. ​giving me a book.
2. ​taking me to a bookstore.
3. ​reading books next to each other.
4. ​leaving me alone with a book.
5. ​talking to me about a book.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

i love speaking with people who are more intelligent in a certain field than i am. it’s just great to sit back and listen to somebody educate you on things they’re passionate about.

[Soul_whispering_healer @soulwhisperingh]

Do not let people gaslight you into thinking that duality does not exist. You can be grateful and annoyed. You can want more and be grateful for what you have. You can be angry and frustrated and still be grateful. A lot of religious and spiritual gaslighting out here.

[Aimun @bluemagicboxes]

Anyway, just want women around me to understand, you need to start aspiring towards financial independence with the exact same urgency society wants you to aspire towards marriage.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Underrated benefit of reading a great number & variety of books is that it will make you a more interesting person. As C. S. Lewis said, the person who doesn't read lives in a tiny world; reading lends us the perspective of a thousand lives.

[Ethereal♡ @Lilys_verses]

I want to become so financially stable that I can afford all the hardcopies of all the books I love and those I haven't read yet

[Adéṣẹ̀tọ́ @Illusionist_126]

Your heart is not a state secret. You are meant to declare allegiances. You are meant to have favourites. Write the letter. Miss the train. Stay up until dawn talking. You should be caught red-handed loving something, someone.

[tt✮⋆ @Bluebirdeyessss]

I wanna stay connected to whatever brings out the best in me

[Àyànfè @Danny456080]

Mental decolonization is not about rejecting all Western knowledge.

It is about no longer using Western knowledge as the only lens through which you understand yourself and your world.

[Shirima Wanja Jane @JaneShirima]

*Empathize.

[Shirima Wanja Jane @JaneShirima]

As someone who was pushed out of an organization because of reporting my sexual abuser, I totally emphasize with you. I am so sorry you went through this and you STILL have to go through online harassment. YOUR TRUTH MATTERS and THANK YOU for SPEAKING UP.

[Shakira Wanjira Naliaka Wafula @fit_ermined]

I was born a girl. Into a world that works tirelessly to reduce my human experience into a neat little box, defined only by its own narrow terms. A world where my safety isn’t prioritized, and when I dare to speak up, I’m reminded of that box I’m supposed to quietly and submissively retreat into. Staying quiet has always been the easy way out. No one questions your experience then, no one blames you for the anger and courage it took to speak out, no one points at your physical attributes to determine if you were ‘worth’ attracting unwarranted sexual advances.
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