In defense of Nigerians, not all of us are dragging her by the brows. I, for one, am certainly not doing so. How can I? She's a friend in my head. She might even be my BFF. If not my BFF, then a very close second. So anyway, there's a picture circulating Twitter, taken of Chimamanda from her side, clearly without her knowledge or permission, and it says she's pregnant. Obviously, since I no follow her carry the belle (and since I'm not a busy body like Funmie), I cannot confirm or deny Read More
What To Pack For A Blog Conference
If it sounds like you already read this post, you're right. I blogged about this last year after I attended the BlogHer conference in San Jose, California, but this is an updated version. I don't know if you remember, but before I left, I did not know what to expect. Now that I've attended one conference, I'm not a pro, but I'm certainly not a novice. Well, not as big as last year at least. My hope is to attend more of these conferences. By the way, before you get to the end of this post, you Read More
The Boy Got Into A Verbal Fight For Being Yoruba
This all happened because of goat meat. Let me explain. Usually, Funmie is the one who helps me get goat meat whenever she goes to D.C. This time, however, The Boy went (not to D.C, but to Pennsylvania). I know, I know, the distance we'll travel for goat meat. He had been planning on going for months with his friend, but something always came up. This time, up until the morning they actually went, he did not know whether they would make it there or not. He left the house early, Read More
Recap Of Baltimore Blogalicious Pop Up Event
Last week Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending a pop of event hosted by the Blogalicious, and it was beyond amazing. But before it became amazing, there was me crying in the car, frustrated. Let me rewind. First of all, this is the first time I have ever attended a blog-related event in Baltimore. I don't know if they never have them, or if I just never hear of them. There are usually cool events in cities like Chicago, New York, Dallas, L.A, etc --- but never Baltimore. So when I heard Read More
Being Female In Nigeria Is Not For The Faint At Heart
Yesterday I woke up from a nap and visited Twitter where I saw a hash tag that awoke the beast in me. Well, that's what I'm calling it. It could just be that I had a lot of say. It was a hash tag that discussed the uncomfortable truth of what it means to be female in Nigeria and all the indignation you will face, just for being female. While the hash tag says female IN Nigeria, you don't actually have to be in Nigeria to experience this brand of sexism. Being a Nigerian female and dealing with Read More