Tag "Self Love"

Editor's Desk 31 Comments

TO THE LIVES WELL SPENT

Recently, I went to see my maternal grandmother. And as I sat with her, I watched, a bit sadly, as she struggled to remember me. Yes, she’s aged 90-plus years

The Happenings 0 Comments

Ariana Grande’s ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored’ has a gay twist

Ariana Grande dropped the video for Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored yesterday (8 February). The third single is off her latest album, Thank U, Next, which she dropped

Our Stories 32 Comments

IT IS WHO WE ARE

I had just finished secondary school at the time and my mum gifted me with an internet-enabled phone. I was thoroughly excited by this gift, as it was my first

Our Stories 6 Comments

THE GREATEST GIFT

Life is very painful, isn’t it? I ask how you are doing, you smile and give me the typical Nigerian answer. “I’m fine”, in between large gulps of Lagos lagoon

Our Stories 17 Comments

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

I came into last year, 2017, with a renewed sense of self and a determination to no longer be apologetic with my sexuality. The reasoning that governed me was simple:

Series (Non-Fiction) 25 Comments

AS I LIVE: 4 (Unexpected Beautiful II)

I am not afraid of anything in this moment. I cannot think of anything else. Somehow I feel normal. Maybe it is the incessant kissing Jesse is showering on me

Series (Non-Fiction) 45 Comments

BEFORE I DIE: 6 (Be Good To Yourself)

My douche never leaves my bathroom. I have two of them. The stationary one in my bathroom, and the mobile one in my bag. All those times Batman Mum searched

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