by Teakisi | Jul 31, 2020 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
By Cynthia Kinyera Sometimes I think, we Africans have a talent of focusing on all the wrong things. We’ve built a society that loves sweeping uncomfortable things under the rug, and actively convincing ourselves that they do not exist. Rape, for example. Did you know...
by Teakisi | Jun 24, 2020 | Culture, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Eunice Tossy I always imagined how my mom would react to me telling her I was being sexually assaulted in our own home. To the extent that when I did, her response was good, but it wasn’t what I had expected. She was mad the first night, but later on she...
by Natacha Umutoni | Dec 4, 2017 | Education, Family, Health, Lifestyle
Last month, our newsfeed was flooded with stories of rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. The actress Alyssa Milano took to twitter using the hashtag ‘MeToo’, encouraging women to share their stories of sexual abuse and harassment. Astounded by the...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Sep 20, 2017 | Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
You want to talk about modesty … all well and good. As far as I am concerned, we need more narratives around modesty. I am old-fashioned and also a Christian, so I am all for modesty. You want to talk about women learning to be civil … please go ahead. We have too...
by Teakisi | Oct 14, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Ariane Kamdoum So, recently I’ve been productively procrastinating on the internet (believe me it is possible to both procrastinate and be productive!) and, in my wanderings, I came across an article about a certain Brock Turner. The article stated that his life is...