Milady🌾

Everyday I am art, but lately I’ve been a law student.

[poponze @poponze]

Anne Hathaway viverá uma influenciadora conservadora que acorda em 1855.

Em “Yesteryear”, a personagem conhecida por defender um estilo de vida em que mulheres devem ser donas de casa e submissas ao marido, é transportada para 1855 e passa a viver na prática a realidade.

[Lukas Not Podolski @OtitoNosike]

Ordinarily, I do not respond to statements like this because, being Igbo and Opeyemi being Yoruba, it is the perfect opportunity for the Ronu dog whistlers to crawl out and accuse me of tribalism. But for the sake of historical accuracy, I will indulge this one.

The claim that Igbo cuisine is less than a hundred years old is simply false. It is not merely false; it is embarrassingly false, especially when you consider that he says he arrived at this “fact” through his travels rather than through any empirical evidence. Even if that were enough to establish historical truth, the conclusion would still be wrong. Igbo as a civilization has existed for centuries. There is simply no plausible way our cuisine suddenly sprang into existence less than a hundred years ago.

What he can argue for, and what is no doubt true, is that ingredients, recipes and methods of preparation have changed over time. Cassava was introduced to West Africa centuries ago. Maize was introduced centuries ago. Tomatoes, certain varieties of peppers and groundnuts all came from elsewhere. That did not suddenly make Yoruba, Hausa, Efik or Igbo cuisines “new.” It simply meant those cuisines adapted, as all living traditions do.

If his standard is that the introduction of new ingredients resets the age of a cuisine, then there are hardly any ancient cuisines left on earth. Italian cuisine would cease to be ancient because tomatoes arrived from the Americas. Indian cuisine would lose much of what we associate with it because chilli peppers are not native to India. The logic collapses under its own weight.

Igbo food traditions long predate the World Wars. Yam, palm oil, cocoyam, vegetables, fermented foods, fish and game formed the backbone of Igbo diets centuries before the 20th century. Recipes evolved, certainly, but evolution is not the same thing as invention.

The problem with conversations like these is that Opeyemi, who should know better, has confused the history of an ingredient with the history of a cuisine. They are not the same thing. A cuisine is a cultural tradition. It grows, borrows, adapts and refines. That is precisely why it survives.

[Delicate Human🦋 @ilerioluwa_a]

#ourKinDoflove

[Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley]

Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.

A great listen/watch.

[On Limits @missleighcarter]

"When the men come, set yourself on fire"

[SweetIrishGhirl @Newrygal1]

Get this woman to Stormont ASAP 👏👏 our native tongue should not be politicalised.

[Viral Gospel @viralgospelhq]

This will bless you! Such balance!

Should women wear trousers?
Should women wear lipsticks?

You should listen to this. It will bless you.

[BEYOND THE VEIL @beyond_theveil1]

Many classic nursery rhymes have much darker origins than most people realize...

[Kunle Kenny -The Joy Dispenser @kunle_kenny]

🥹😭❤️

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

“African independence is a myth.” - Chinua Achebe

[Elai @elaifresh]

This is such cool technique

[Daddy D.O🇳🇬 @DOlusegun]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu receives in audience the President-Elect of the Nigerian Bar Association , Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN FCIArb who was accompanied by Professor Foluke Dada Lawanson , Dean Faculty of Law, Caleb University. Mrs Ezinwa Okoroafor, President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers , Princess Hadiza Afegbua , FCT lead NBA Women Forum and Mrs Ramlat Ridhwan , BBold Campaign Team Publicity Lead on a courtesy call to the President at the State House

[Rain Drops Media @Raindropsmedia1]

They didn’t invite her man to The Odyssey premiere even though he appeared in the film as one of the giants, so she created a premiere of their own. 😭❤️💪🏽

[Milady🌾 @vilah_irl]

Never in my life did I think I’d agree with Dean Withers

[Prince legal tech guy©️ @princetech12670]

Historical Guide on Charges and Tricks NLS have set over recent years.

https://t.co/ZoDaB3ijor

[Milady🌾 @vilah_irl]

How lovely of Netflix to drop this as a post birthday gift.

[REAL WARRI PIKIN @drealwarripikin]

Dead body go surplus 😡
Blood sisters 2 coming out @netflix
June 5th😎

[Milady🌾 @vilah_irl]

For my mental health, everything is AI
✋🏼🙂‍↔️🤚🏼

[Milady🌾 @vilah_irl]

I fear “I don’t know why you’re dating a 40 year old man in publishing who isn’t me” has topped the chart of Men who are also yearners
#younger

[Reji @RejiYates]

All three deaths were justified btw. #HisAndHers