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In this week's episode of Verastic Life, we are seriously preparing for Ada Verastic's party, and coincidently, my friends (except Uju) are all in my house (Solachi, Funmie, and Ibukun). Funmie and I also get into a heated conversation about the other room. Igwe's mom takes her first trip to the mall and gets a new cell phone. Read More
Among my Nigerian people, in the issues concerning gender and tribe, there is covert sexism and tribalism. Even women are sexist against other women and against themselves. Yes, I'm Igbo. Yes, my husband is Yoruba. But now that we have a child together, Nigerians are telling me that my daughter is Yoruba. No, sir. No, ma. My child isn't Yoruba. She is an Igbo-Yoruba girl. Long before I ever met Igwe and before I knew that my husband would be Yoruba, I had made the decision that my Read More
Do you. Among my favorite words, these two are definitely high up there. As I get older and more mature, I am learning more and more how important it is for me to do me. Do what works for me. I wish I could say that I have it all figured out, but that would be a lie. I'm still a work in progress. I remember when I started blogging 10 years ago. At the time, the only other blogger I knew was the person whose blog introduced me to the wonderful world of blogging. I had tunnel vision back then, Read More
Yo. I don't ever start sentences with yo. In fact, yo is not a part of my vocabulary, but as the newest, coolest member of the BlogHer17 advisory board, I feel like my vocabulary needs to evolve. So yo. Wait, lemme tell you about the BlogHer17 advisory board. You guys, I love BlogHer. You know this, right? I attended my first ever BlogHer conference in 2014, and ever since then, I have continued to go consecutively. Last year, I was 6 months pregnant when I went, and this year, I went with Read More
In my head, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is my BFF, so it's no secret that I love her. And for good measure, I've written about her quite a few times. Recently, she's been accused of throwing shade at Beyonce, and the beyhives are not having it. The Chimamanda haters non-lovers are having a good day, too. This is what happened. Remember that time in 2013 when Beyonce featured Chimamanda's speech in her Flawless song? Well, apparently, since that time, people and the media have been talking about Read More
