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The NYSC Diaries (Entry 5)
Y’all know how I promised myself that I wasn’t going to make any friends in this camp. And you know how epically the Orishas set me up to fail at
IN THE MIND OF A GROWING CHILD
Growing up was hard. My father was a Muslim and my mother a Christian, and they fought all the time, sometimes over financial issues and sometimes over which religion their
The Trapped Butterfly
I’m like a butterfly Still at its larval stage Looking for a perfect Condition for metamorphosis And when I do transform I stay confined My wings unable to take me
Franklin Graham gets told off on his hypocrisy over his rebuke of Pete Buttigieg
Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been rising in the polls and sweeping in fundraising dollars (from Hollywood, among other places), thanks to poised town hall and interview performances, an impressive intellect,
IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW, KNOW IT NOW
I have a friend who got acquainted with a bank employee through work channels. Let’s call my friend X and this bank employee Judas. X works in a corporate institution,
HOSTEL CONFESSIONS (Chapter Four)
Chapter 4: Social Night On Saturday nights, we usually held the Social Night in our assembly hall. We would all troop into the hall, looking forward to the people who
Kuwaiti researcher says homosexuality is caused by anal worm, claims she’s invented a cure
Sometimes you just read news reports and all you can do is scratch your head and wonder. The Jerusalem Post spotted this interview with Kuwaiti based researcher Mariam Al-Sohel. It’s
THE HOOK-UP STORY (A Top Like Ahmed)
For a while now, sex has been more of a process to attaining release than an activity of intimacy and ultimately, sexual gratification. I have no idea if it’s my
Janelle Monáe Has A Question
The Make Me Feel singer tweeted a question that, to be frank, I have often pondered. “Why can’t all homophobic & racist people live in their own fucking community?” she
THE FIRST STEP IS TO TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH
Last year, I was following the #HowIResist campaign, and I remember going through some of the declarations and seeing myself in the words of all these people who were contributing
