Oh, my God,’ she said, between sobs. ‘Oh, my God.’Olanna reached out often to squeeze her arm. The rawness of Edna’s grief made her helpless, brought the urge to stretch her hand into the past and rev...
Ogbenyealu is a common name for girls and you know what it means? ‘Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.’ To stamp that on a child at birth is capitalism at its best. Richard
Nuestra sociedad enseña a las mujeres solteras de cierta edad a considerar su soltería un profundo fracaso personal. En cambio, un hombre de cierta edad que no se ha casado es porque todavía no ha ele...
Now that she was asked to speak at roundtables and panels, on public radio and community radio, always identified simply as The Blogger, she felt subsumed by her blog and had become her blog. There we...
No entiendes cómo funciona este país. Si quieres llegar a alguna parte debes integrarte todo lo posible en la corriente principal. Si no, te que das en la cuneta.
Nnamabia seemed fine to me, slipping his money into his anus and all.
Never, ever link Chizalum’s appearance with morality. Never tell her that a short skirt is immoral. Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality. If you clash...
Never speak of marriage as an achievement. Find ways to make clear to her that marriage is not an achievement, nor is it what she should aspire to. A marriage can be happy or unhappy, but it is not an...
Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give your child.’I find this to be so wise and moving. You don’t even have to love your job; you can merely...
My own definition of a feminist is a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.’ All of us, women and men, must do better.
My owndeɹnition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem withgender as it is today and we must ɹx it, we must do better. All of us, women and men,must do better.
My name is not Sah. Call me Odenigbo.''Yes, sah.''Odenigbo will always be my name. Sir is arbitrary. You could be the sir tomorrow.
My advice is that you wait. You can love without making love. It is a beautiful way of showing your feelings but it brings responsibility, great responsibility, and there is no rush.
Molière’s words came to him, strangely comforting:Unbroken happiness is a bore; it should have ups and downs.
Mas o pior é que, quando os pressionamos a agir como durões, nós os deixamos com o ego muito frágil. Quanto mais duro um homem acha que deve ser, mais fraco será seu ego. E criamos as meninas de uma m...
Mariama finished her customer’s hair, sprayed it with sheen, and, after the customer left, she said, I’m going to get Chinese. Aisha and Halima told her what they wanted—General Tso’s Chicken Very Spi...
Many girls spend too much time trying to be nice to people who do them harm. Many girls think of the feelings of those who are hurting them. This is the catastrophic consequence of likeability. We hav...
Look, all of them are white women. This one is supposed to be Hispanic, we know this because they wrote two Spanish words here, but she looks exactly like this white woman, no difference in her skin t...
Lo peor que le hacemos a los niños –a base de hacerles sentir que tienen que ser duros- es dejarlos con unos egos muy frágiles. Cuanto más fuerte se siente obligado a ser un hombre, más debilitado que...
Life was a struggle with ourselves more than with a spear-wielding Satan; that belief was a choice for our conscience always to be sharpened.