Blogs & Updates
Gender Bias Against Successful Women
A while back, Ayandola wrote an article on female bosses because of the unfair slander of female bosses. If there is one clear thing, the code of conduct used to assess female colleagues and bosses is very different from those applied to their male counterparts and...
A Note To Fellow Africans: Mental Health Is Real
Mental health is yet to be a prominent conversation in African communities. In the African culture, there are various perspectives on mental health and mental health conditions that are a hindrance to those affected. Some believe mental illnesses to be the "devil's...
Never Go Back – A Book Review
How many times do we do the same things we vowed we’d never do? How many times do we go through the same experiences that gave us sleepless and tearful nights? Do we ever find ourselves dating the same person, only having a different face, name and address from our...
Life Lessons from Seasons of Grief
The path to recovery after loss is certainly not the same for all of us. I have learnt a few things (mostly the hard way). Though saying that I expect anyone to find my experience exactly compatible with their situation would be a bad lie, if there is even a slight possibility that my experience about death, loss, and grief may be helpful to another living soul, here goes.
Love or Genotype, That is the dilemma
One's perspective of life changes the day you witness firsthand a close relative or friend go through series of indescribable, agonizing levels of pain, watching them cry for help and there’s nothing you can do, administered pain killers becoming ineffective to the...
Content I Have Been Enjoying
It is no doubt that Covid-19 changed our lives drastically and the way we operate at work; most people have made their living rooms, dining tables, guest rooms, etc their home office. One thing for sure is that the internet has become a crucial part of our lives...
It’s More Than Just A Vaccination
As the UK vaccination programme achieves 873,784 jabs in the past 24 hours, it is bringing to mind much wider issues that are clearly toxic and also represent a sense of unfairness in society. The Black, Asian and...
Self-deprecation Is Not Humility
C.S Lewis wrote, "humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less”. The culture of self-deprecation seems to have replaced the real meaning of being modest. The first time I realised I have a problem with talking about myself and my abilities,...
Ignorance, Biases or Just Misogyny?
“Why are you doing this to yourself? Wouldn't something more feminine be more appropriate for you?” If I got a penny every time I heard these words since the start of my Electrical Engineering degree, I would be a millionaire! “Oh! So you are one of those smart girls?...