Had pretended
But what struck me was that whenever he changed the baby’s diaper, she said thank you to him.
We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man.
We have confidence but no dignity.
The Red Cross irritated Ugwu; the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour.
Teach about difference. Make difference ordinary.
So teach Chizalum that biology is an interesting and fascinating subject, but she should never accept it as justification for any social norm. Because social norms are created by human beings, and the...
She was too afraid to hope, now that it seemed possible.
She did not understand grunge, the idea of looking shabby because you could afford not to be shabby; it mocked true shabbiness.
People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.
Não tinha mais certeza, na verdade nunca tivera certeza, se gostava de sua vida porque realmente gostava ou se porque deveria gostar.
Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give your child.
Marriage can be a good thing, a source of joy, love, and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage, but we don’t teach boys to do the same?
I discovered race in America and it fascinated me.
America’s ladder of races, Jewish is white but also some rungs below white. A bit confusing,
He lived in London indeed but invisibly, his existence like an erased pencil sketch
Femelu could not understand this, her mother’s ability to tell herself stories about her reality that did not even resemble her reality
Because it was best if things were simply left at splendid.
When your uncle first married me, I worried because I thought those women outside would come and displace me from my home. I now know that nothing he does will make my life change. My life will only c...
Try not to use words like misogyny and patriarchy too often with Chizalum. We feminists can sometimes be too jargony, and jargon can sometimes feel too abstract. Don’t just label something misogynisti...