l wrote about spiraling over eye contact, being 29 and never in a relationship, Nigerian guilt, Catholic shame, queer crushes, and why I’m always one DM away from feeling feelings:
https://t.co/qy5hl1x7l3
Just the fact that she, Senator Natasha Akpoti, stood up on national tv to lay a formal petition of sexual harassment, etc. against the senate president of Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio, is unprecedented in Nigeria. We are witnessing a moment in history, regardless of what the outcome might be.
An uncommon woman.
my birthday’s in two weeks, and all I want is words of affirmation—long, juicy, and heart-tugging. if you’re not making me question if i’m the main character, don’t even bother. i’ll be grading on word count and emotional damage. 🙁
if it asks you for a zip code when you call, i used 63101. also, sending an email through the link innocence project has provided below took less than 2 min. please do what you can to urge gov. parson not to execute an innocent man.
That didn't take long did it?
For a decade, fighting for diverse manga has always made us a target but the amount of bigoted, jealous, and hateful rhetoric is just wild.
That said, thank you to those who are amplifying our situation with @WhytManga@YouTube hack.
Keep pushing.
Saturday AM has dealt w/ it's share of coordinated harassment, lies, & gimmicks from a gang of youtubers, social media grifters, & ex artists in trying to manipulate young creators.
HACKING AN ACCOUNT is a FEDERAL OFFENSE.
Please report this for our co-founder @WhytManga!
This is what the protests are about. Millions of Nigerians, young and old are starving because they cannot afford food, because Tinubu’s admin have rejected putting forth pro-poor policies in a country with the highest poverty rate in the entire world. #EndBadGovernaceInNigeria
first words Sonya Massey said at her front door were “don’t hurt me”
she was told “why would we hurt you, you called us”
when have those words meant anything when your black and woman in this country
when do those words protect you from not being murdered in your kitchen, in your bedroom, with your babies, or on your lawn
what is “reassurance”, in this place ?
rest in power Sonya Massey, and an abundance of love and power to Sonya’s family on this journey
What she said.
I have spent a decade plus studying anti-gay laws in Africa and I can tell you the Ghana version is even CRAZIER than all the others.
I mean, over-the-top, paranoia induced, way out of line, extremely batshit crazy.
Let me do a list of the top hits.
I still think about Wynn Bruce who self immolated to protest climate change, and the woman who set herself on fire 3 months ago to protest genocide—and all of these events are forgotten. These events spark revolutions in other countries.
Don’t let this get scrubbed off the net.
Children in fucking Congo are dying because you use phones as a signifier of class. I'm keeping this 12 until it dies & after that im getting a used phone. Consumerism is killing us.