Tag "Self"

Our Stories 70 Comments

What It Means to be A Nigerian Homoromantic Bisexual Who is Introverted, Doesn’t Like Anal Sex and Doesn’t Drink

To be me is to constantly carry around a lot of baggage. And that’s unfortunate, because even me doesn’t want to be me. From a young age, I’d always known

Our Stories 45 Comments

The Woman In Me

I didn’t used to think I was gay. Never saw myself as gay. I’d searched the word in my Oxford Dictionary, the sixth edition – in paraphrased words: ‘Having feelings

Poetry 10 Comments

DEMON WITHIN

I can’t let anyone in there yet I might die before I let anyone in there Where my deepest secrets lie bare There is a monster I’ve kept caged My

Poetry 15 Comments

The Script

I own this narrative I’m scripting my draft I’ll be telling my story ‘Cos I alone will be both cast and crew Just me on this stage Upon which every

Series (Non-Fiction) 61 Comments

THE QUESTION: CAN YOU BE DIFFERENT AND HAPPY?

This entry should probably begin with a definition of happiness. What is happiness? What do we mean when we say we are happy? What does it mean to be happy?

Series (Non-Fiction) 110 Comments

RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 20)

Today I will be talking about one issue only which has been on my mind for a while and which has formed the crux of many arguments I have had

James' Journal 29 Comments

JAMES’ JOURNAL (Episode 39)

June 13 I read a book while I was in Secondary school. The name was My Family And Other Animals. I remember picking it up from a bed in my

Poetry 12 Comments

HIDDEN PLACE

I dropped the covers On living the life I never existed in Shut the doors and hid It never crossed his mind I lived in that cozy little inn A

The Happenings 36 Comments

Miley Cyrus Does Not Want To Be Labelled

The media is continuing to report that Miley Cyrus identifies as bisexual – despite the star specifically eschewing the label in an interview. The star revealed she had dated men

Series (Non-Fiction) 30 Comments

Carl’s Existentialism IV

When we were younger, our parents, friends or life introduced movies or music and many more emotional triggers that influenced us. In some ways, these sources of entertainment or situations

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