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Guest blog: My mother and the marriage question
TweetThis is a guest blog by Stephanie Kimou (pictured) who blogs at A Black Girl in the World **** Most of my American friends do not think about marriage until around 33. Particularly those who I...
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We need to eroticise society
I know what you’re thinking: What do I mean by “eroticise” society and why on earth should we do that? Surely we are obsessed with sex as it is! Well, yes, sex is everywhere but Eros, i.e. Erotic...
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What I like about African men
Let me start by saying that there are desirable traits in men from all corners of the world. From the Ken-ish charm of a George Clooney type to the Jesus-like gentle features of many Arab and Asian...
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The African Femme Fatale
Via weheartit.com As the year comes to an end, I thought that I would like my last post of the year to be about something exciting, a feminine energy we could do well channeling more of in 2014....
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Let 2014 be a year of emotional awareness
@ Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Welcome to 2014. It’s going to be a special one coming up to the 4th anniversary of this blog, and especially as we are going to have the fearless African femme...
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The difference between feminism and humanism
When it comes to labels, I like mine earnest but not intransigent. So there is something almost moving about someone (most often a man) asking a self-declared feminist like myself why I call myself a...
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What is conscientious feminism?
In July 1992, an international conference on Women in Africa and in the African Diaspora (WAAD) was held in Nigeria. WAAD was a rare incident: an interdisciplinary and international conference about...
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Awra Amba, an Ethiopian village where gender equality is real
Gebeyehu & Mesghana from Awra Amba If I were an alien visiting our planet this week I’d think, “Whoa, how’s that for a mess, one half of the species trying to annihilate the other half!” We on...
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So you want to know what men really gain from patriarchy?
Patriarchy is an unfashionable term. But it is also the only term that describes the oldest, most widespread and most enduring form of governance. It is much older than democracy, for example. It seems...
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What role can women play in helping to shape their built environment?
This post is an extract from a Q&A by sixty7 Architecture Road, a Canadian site devoted to the built environment, which asked four individuals, from various professional backgrounds, and from...
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