At times male anger at “women getting special treatment” reminds me of a gorilla experiment. One gorilla gets a banana every hour. The females next to him get one every four hours. Then someone decides to be fairer and gives the females a banana every two hours instead. The original gorilla? He flips out. He's still getting his banana every hour, but it feels like a loss because his advantage shrank. That's how a lot of men react to basic fairness for women: not as justice, but as theft.
my heart goes out to the nigerian women and girls in ozoro who were brutalised, molested and raped by disgusting, predatory men who were fully aware and conscious of what they were doing. this wasn’t a spirit or a religious attack. this was them. may they all die.
No cure for endometriosis. No proper management for menopause. No adequate symptomatic relief for menstrual discomfort. But let’s get handicapped sperm a wheelchair to make not so healthy babies because it would make men feel strong.
Since we’re on this topic, the term “Sub-Saharan Africa” needs to go. It’s a colonial label rooted in racial hierarchies, and it’s often used by North Africans to reinforce anti-Black racism and distance themselves from the rest of the continent
I’ve realized that many people don’t actually love reading books. They love the identity of being someone who reads books. The aesthetic of it. The photos. The intellectual vibe. But the quiet discipline of reading slowly and thinking deeply? That part is very unpopular.
Sometimes God shows up for you the moment you start believing He abandoned you. He’s really mysterious. Let’s trust in Him as we do our part. Good morning early birds.
Pushing yourself to do hard things is cognitively taxing, but what's even more cognitively taxing is NOT pushing yourself and having to find ways to cope with your unrealized potential.
This starts with having a normal relationship with the concept of RESTING.
“Bed-rotting” alone is a word that needs to be left in 2025 bc why is resting associating with rotting.
With dirt & stagnation.
Rest is recharging, replenishing.
Let’s start by using the right words.