I'm going on. Life is the same,' he told Kainene. 'I should be reacting; things should be different.
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all my femaleness. Because I deserve to be.
I didn't know I was even supposed to HAVE issues until I came to America
I am an agnostic respecter of religion.
Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
Even at ten you knew that some people can take up too much space by simply being, that by existing, some people can stifle others.
But by far the worst thing we do to males – by making them feel they have to be hard – is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is. And...
Anyway, since feminism was un-African, I decided I would now call myself a Happy African Feminist. Then a dear friend told me that calling myself a feminist meant that I hated men. So I decided I woul...
And, by the way, you and the guy
A sated belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child was the exception rather than the rule.
A Nigerian acquaintance once asked me if I was worried that men would be intimidated by me. I was not worried at all—it had not even occurred to me to be worried, because a man who will be intimidated...
Men hans osäkerhet tystade honom varje gång; han var rädd för vad hon skulle svara.
Academics are not intellectuals; they are not curious, they build their stolid tents of specialized knowledge and stay securely in them.
Why should we be feminists? Why not egalitarians?- Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general- but to choose to use the vague expression human rights (or...
This man who ate her apple cores and turned even that into something of a moral act.
You don't even have to love your job; you can merely love what your job does for you--the confidence and self-fulfillment that come with doing and earning.
When I started in real estate, I considered renovating old houses instead of tearing them down, but it didn’t make sense. Nigerians don’t buy houses because they’re old. A renovated two-hundred-year-o...
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way boys are.
University was bigger and baggier, there was room to hide, so much room; she did not feel as though she did not belong because there were so many options for belonging.
This is your opportunity! The Zed, shine your eyes! They call it a big-big name, evaluation consulting, but it is not difficult. You undervalue the properties and make sure it looks as if you are foll...