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Yemisi Fadiya

Sister-Friends

Because no one has ever held my heart as gently as a woman

3 min readMar 10, 2021

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Sister-Friends

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Nina G

Knock knock… I don’t want to know who’s there

Knock knock! Who’s there?

3 min readOct 26, 2021

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Knock knock… I don’t want to know who’s there

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Arlene Ambrose

Why You Feel a Divine Urge to Cut Your Hair

Stressful events inspire you to change your appearance

3 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Why You Feel a Divine Urge to Cut Your Hair

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Nina G

‘CP’: How a small acronym belies a big, dirty, and poorly kept secret on Instagram.

Social media is a big part of my job, so I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds me. But when I am being fed poison, I reel back.

4 min readJan 11, 2021

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‘CP’: How a small acronym belies a big, dirty, and poorly kept secret on Instagram.

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Kwesi Jones

Sexuality in Black Female Rap — Progressive or Regressive?

Hip Hop music, like many other areas of arts and culture, is predominantly dominated by men. The overwhelming male control of hip hop…

9 min readJan 5, 2021

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Sexuality in Black Female Rap — Progressive or Regressive?

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Arlene Ambrose

You Don’t Need to Stop Being a Nice Girl. You Need to Clarify Your Beliefs.

Beliefs aren’t set in stone. You have the power to choose, change, or reject them. Beliefs become our reality.

6 min readJan 2, 2021

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You Don’t Need to Stop Being a Nice Girl. You Need to Clarify Your Beliefs.

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Yemisi Fadiya

For Imperfect Daughters

For Imperfect Daughters

1 min readDec 24, 2020

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For Imperfect Daughters

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Yemisi Fadiya

The Dilemma of the Nigerian Marital Narrative

As a woman in Nigeria, marriage is the ultimate standard. Your existence as a female is validated when you become a wife and a mother.

7 min readDec 9, 2020

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The Dilemma of the Nigerian Marital Narrative

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Yemisi Fadiya

A Love Letter to First Born Daughters

“Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm.” — Anonymous

3 min readNov 19, 2020

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A Love Letter to First Born Daughters

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Nina G

The limbo between music, misogyny and morality

With the news that rapper Octavian subjected his ex-girlfriend to physical abuse, the question of the intersection between music and…

6 min readNov 18, 2020

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The limbo between music, misogyny and morality

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