The Melancholic Millennial

  Nothing steams a modern woman's buns like the mention of patriarchy. Any conversation leaning towards its favor could end in honest chants of 'who run the world? Girls!' .  Female power is a wonderful thing. It has done a daunting amount of global good, but there are sometimes when a critical mind is drawn to wonder if women aren't turning into the monsters they are trying to topple.  Especially when the focus is black women. Recently, Renee Donaldson, a black Youtuber, and social influencer apologized to her followers for promoting a brand called Clinichub .  Clinichub is a business that acts as a middle man between plastic surgery clinics in Istanbul, Turkey, and potential clients around the world.  What is interesting about this business is how it specifically targets black women and uses influencers like Renee to lure them under the knife. Well, Renee apologized to her fans after her 'Brazilian butt lift' surgery went south, leaving her with lumps. And fro

  Photo credit: Sassy Funke I was on my own, minding my business in my distinguished corner of the danfo , munching plantain chips and dreaming of the day when I'll be gifted a hovercraft in addition to my Nobel Prize for Literature; when the woman sitting beside me tapped me: "Sister! You no go talk? " My startled reply was "about what?" Apparently, while I was shaking Wole Soyinka's hand, my co-passengers were shaking a very familiar table. The table of feminism. From what I gathered, the argument started when a middle aged man called in on a radio program, and expressed his dismay at his wife's lack of understanding, that just because he had a concubine does not mean he didn't love her.  Every other passenger, except myself, the woman beside me and a school girl, were men. They agreed with the caller. They were shouting the motion that if a married man falls in love with another woman, it doesn't take away anything from t