It’s such a complicated thing really. I sometimes imagine keeping the first child, he/she would have been also 5 years old. “Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt This is the third episode in the Abortion series, please read with an open mind and share with a friend…
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” —Nora Ephron Here is the second story on the “My Abortion Story” series. The honesty of these stories makes my heart melt. if you have not read Episode 1 you should read itMy Abortion Story – Anonymous Submission Ep.1 1. Why did you decide that you were going to…
Abortion is a word we are all familiar with and have different opinions on. I strongly feel that connecting with women that have done this, by listening to their stories will trigger a feeling of empathy and not just entitlements to women’s bodies. I had a chat with a few women that have had abortions and here is the first…
I was having a conversation with my friend on taking husbands name, and I decided to ask on my Instagram page, so here are replies from 3 ladies on taking their husband’s name after marriage. Ebukun Gbemisola Ogunyemi Not taking and not adding.I’m very sentimental about my name, and I don’t believe taking on your husband’s name is an integral…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Over time, I have been saying I am not sure I want children. You know how people have certain expectations of you when you are a Nigerian lady, submissiveness, and all that marry on time and give birth thing. Do you know? yes, that was pretty much my life when I was younger, and it…
They are like our faces, there is no normal looking vulva and I wish I knew this when I was younger because I remember telling I am going to be writing about the vulva a couple of times because over the years I have realized that a lot of us, women do not know enough about our bodies, which is…
In my last blog post – you can read that HERE – IDP camp -My Experience & What I Want to do For The Women I told you how we gave the kids in an IDP camp a sense of belonging by celebrating Children’s day with them and how I intend to help the women by providing clothes and sanitary products for…
There are over 13 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps set up in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for people fleeing from the insurgency in the North East zone of Nigeria. I once read an article that children in Internally Displaced person camp were feeding on onion leaves to survive. I also heard that women sometimes use dirty clothes for their period. It…
I attended the protest on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Abuja, Nigeria to lend my voice to that of other strong women and men against the Abuja police raid on women. In case, you did not know about the police assault on Abuja women, here’s a back story. 70 ladies were arrested in Utako, Abuja, Nigeria for being prostitutes, some…
Yoni massage is a type of massage that focuses on the Vulva and Vagina. Yoni is the Sanskrit word for vagina which means ‘sacred space‘ In Tantra philosophy, the vagina is approached from a place of the utmost love and respect. Yoni massage is a practice intended to truly honor a woman, to give her selfless pleasure, and to explore…