A few weeks ago, I was invited to talk to young girls about the consequences of “naked selfies” and putting too much of themselves online. When I was asked to do this talk, it was[…]
Tag: feminism
Faces of feminism: the age of the selfie
“The act of women taking selfies is inherently feminist, especially in a society that tries so hard to tell women that our bodies are projects to be worked on and a society that profits off[…]
Afrofeminism: understanding the modern African feminist
A few weeks ago on a cool summer’s evening while under the carefully guided hand of a full bodied glass of red wine, a friend turned to me and asked what the modern African feminist[…]
Beaten to submission: feminism vs feminine
Tucked away in a corner almost unseen, is a Facebook discussion on my newsfeed about “plus-sized” women and what the world thinks women should look like. I never see discussions like this on my feed[…]
The feminist dilemma: I am not a manifesto
This is not about one single globe trotting adventure but the trip of this year. “You’re such a feminist,” a friend once told me. I looked at him mildly assumed, he meant it as a[…]