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Culture That Kills: He’s Paid To Have Sex With Children

Culture That Kills: He’s Paid To Have Sex With Children

I remember one old Nollywood movie I watched years ago starring Patience Ozokwor (where is she these days?), and in the movie, she and her friend (I think) had hired a man who was fondly known as Eleven-Eleven to sleep with her friend (or was it her friend's daughter) and make her pregnant to have not just any child, but a boy. The movie was supposed to be comedic relief. And it was --- until you started thinking deeply about why we (Nigerians) generally see more value in boy babies than in Read More

4 Reasons Why Kim Kardashian Should In Fact Keynote BlogHer16

Kim Kardashian BlogHer16

Yesterday, BlogHer broke the blogging internet by telling us that Kim Kardashian will be keynoting the BlogHer16 conference next month. Honestly, my first reaction was ugh ... why Kim Kardashian? Two years ago, there was Kerry Washington, and last year, there was Ava DuVernay, and this year, my biggest excitement has been Mayim Bialik because ... Amy Farrah Fowler. But then I thought about it some more and I thought, hmmm, there's a lot I could learn from her actually. Kim is an incredibly Read More

I’m Tired Of Praying For People And Places

Black Lives Matter

I still remember exactly where I was when 9/11 happened. I was still in high school, in my Geometry class. I don't remember the name of my teacher now, but he was a white, heavy set, awkward man.  He often made jokes that only he found funny. On that particular day, he was doing the same thing when suddenly, another teacher came to the door. He went to meet her at the door and she whispered something to him and left. He turned around with a worried face and went straight for the TV, which he Read More

Finally! The Video Of My Listen To Your Mother Reading

Listen To Your Mother Baltimore - Verastic

I've been looking forward to sharing the video of my Listen To Your Mother performance. It was in April of this year that I got the honor of reading about my mommy. The videos were supposed to be released last week, but due to all the violence (Alton Sterling, Philandro Cantille. and the cops in Dallas), they decided to hold off on releasing them. My piece was a humor piece about my mommy, called My Mommy Said. I was so happy that the audience found the humor in my piece; they laughed in all Read More

So I Attended The Season 3 Premiere Of Power

Season 3 Premiere of Power on Starz - Verastic

When Xfinity invited me to attend the Season 3 premiere of Power, I looked at the date and time and instantly decided that I was not going. Why? It was slated for July 12th and I knew that Igwe would still be in Nigeria, and the time was in the evening AND the event was in Washington D.C.  See, I have a thing with Washington D.C. where I'd just rather not go there because it's too much for me. Too many traffic lights; too narrow streets; too few parking spots. And to make it worse, the event was Read More

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