Lara OriyeReflections on Winnie Mandela.I walked around this earth waiting for my anger to consume me. I lived an existence in which anger at injustice was an inconvenience to the…Sep 26, 2021Sep 26, 2021
Lara OriyeAwareness, accountability and women’s liberation: suggestions toward the eradication of sexual…Note: I wrote this piece for Thisday newspaper, it has been published today. However, I feel the need to post the full version of this…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Lara OriyeThe evolution of softness.Even though the good days have multiplied, I still carry it with me. It is a pain so dull I could forget but so often, it reminds me of…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Lara OriyeFor girls who begged; PLEASE DON'T CUT ME.Please don’t cut me. Please mama! Tell her to drop the razor, I will do anything please. Mumi begged as two elderly relatives held her in…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
Lara OriyeIs sleeplessness only for the wicked?I do not get to sleep a lot and that’s why coming home exhausted within an inch of my life is important to me. At this stage, my body bows…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Lara OriyeHOW TO BE A LAGOS COOL KIDThe Lagos ladder has three rungs, on the one below are regular Lagos people, on the next step, more regular people and then at the very top…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
Lara OriyeTHESE DELICATE GROUNDS MUST BE WALKED UPON.I have a schedule, I rarely keep to it but I do have one. Per that schedule, I am supposed to write a response to the Commissioner of women…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Lara OriyeI don’t want to die.I don’t wanna die, but I sometimes wish I’d never been born at allAug 10, 2017Aug 10, 2017
Lara OriyeI grew up among 4 sisters and even though society was generally obsessed with male children, that…Any family member who voiced this concern was cut off like an infected un salvageable limb. My father was gender blind. He just didn’t…Jun 27, 2017Jun 27, 2017