The Melancholic Millennial

  Nicole Chikwe once asked a room full of young women, I inclusive, if anyone wanted to volunteer to list five things they loved about their bodies and why. My hand shot up faster than Hermione in Mcgonagall's class. For some reason, I had heard 'wrong' rather than 'loved' and assumed the request was for '5 things wrong with your body'.  I stood up and yelled the one thing that irked me above all "my knees!". Everyone laughed when I was told what the question really was. I had to pause and think before opening my big mouth again. Then Nicole said something I'd never thought about "it's very easy for us to mention all the things we hate about our bodies, but we hardly ever focus on the things that are positive about it, why not?"  On the 6th of July, Frida Kahlo , one of history's most valued artists, would have been 114; but her body gave up before she could clock 50. Frida had an extremely broken body.  First, polio made her ...

  If you like fiery romance but do not care for pornographic scenes, there couldn't be a more perfect classic than Anna Karenina.  This Tolstoy's masterpiece, unlike most romance novels, does more than try to get a rise out of you or make you yearn for chiseled muscles/soft, rounded arms; it teaches you an important aspect about the meaning of love, and I'll tell you exactly what. Anna is the young vivacious jewel of St Petersburg's, Russia, high-class society. She married Alexei Karenin, a politician who is in love with her but has a personality that is often described as mechanical; in a way, Karenin is presented as a perfect product of systems, he doesn't really understand the humanity of the world much less of his own self. He struggles with understanding his emotions or even feeling them.  Although Karenin is 20years older than Anna, they have a nice and stable marriage that's crowned with their son Sekoyva. Early in the book, Anna describes him as a good m...

Ọ dịghị ihe na-akpasi ụmụ nwaanyị  ubgua iwe ka ihe ọ bụla mmadụ kuru ghasara 'Patriarki/Ndị Nna'. Mkparịta ụka ọ bụla na-adabere na ihu a nwere ike ịkwụsị na abụ olu egwu nke 'onye nwee ụwa? Agbọghọ! '. Ike ụmụ nwanyị bu ihe ọma. O meela ọtụtụ ihe ọma zuru ụwa ọnụ, mana enwe mgbe ụfọdụ mgbe uche zuru oke ga-ajụ maobu n'ụmụ nwanyị anaghị aputa ndị ha na-achọ ịkwatu. Karịsịa mgbe a na-elekwasị anya bụ ụmụ nwanyị ndi Afirịka N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, Renee Donaldson, nwa ojii Youtuber, na onye na-emetụta mmekọrịta mmadụ na mgbaghara rịọrọ ndi na-eso ya maka ịkwalite ụdị akpọrọ Clinichub. Clinichub bụ azụmahịa nke na-eme dị ka onye etiti  n'ụlọ ọgwụ ịwa ahụ plastik na Istanbul, Turkey, yana ndị achọ 'ịwa ahu plastik'. Ihe na-adọrọ uche banyere azụmaahịa a bụ etu o si agbado ụmụnwaanyị isi ojii anya ma jiri ndị mmetụta dị ka Renee rata ha n'okpuru mma. Renee rịọrọ ndị 'fans' ya mgbaghara mgbe 'ịwa ahụ' nweta ike Brazil 'gara ọjọọ, h...

  Il y n'a pas de meilleur adjectif que je peux donner ce que cette   année a été   sauf cela--alterant. 2020  a été  le montaigne russe plus inattendu que Je n'a pense jamais que je voudrais entrer, et je devine qu'il  a été  quelque chose similaire pour vous aussi. Mais bon! Outre les pandemiques et calamites naturalles, 2020 a mis l'humanite  à  reflexion, et cela evidente plus fort en musique. Dans ce bref article, je vais partager sept chansons qui resumer tout les choses a survenu cette annee.  Et, si vous pensez que c'est audacieux de supposer que je peux résument cet tyrannosaure d'un an,  attendez d’arriver à la fin. 1.  Le Corona Virus par Tom Macdonald Vos rapellez quand les gens  commencé à acheter du papier toilette  en panique?  Il y avait même  un homme  qui a achete tonnes de desinfectant donc il pouvai escroquer peuples en Amazon.  Dans cette chanson, Tom Macdonald r...

  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...

  There is no better adjective I can give to what this year has been except this-- altering . 2020 has been the most unexpected rollercoaster I never thought I would board, and I guess it has been something similar for you as well. But hey! Pandemics and natural disasters aside, 2020 has brought humanity to reflexive knees, and this has shown powerfully in music.  In this brief article, I'm going to share seven songs that sum up everything that has happened this year. And if you think it's bold of me to assume I can summarise this tyrannosaurus of a year, just wait till you get to the end. 1. Corona Virus by Tom Macdonald Do you remember when people started panic-buying toilet paper? There was even that one guy that bought tons of hand sanitizer just so he could rip people off on Amazon!  In this song, Tom Macdonald raps about the different responses to the virus outbreak that has made obvious the lack of humanity society has been running on for a long time. He offers t...

Dear Nigerians, Taking a cue from the new 'he-who-shall-not-be-named', I would like to begin this open letter to you all by saying that it has become necessary for you to receive the message you deserve, for your hearts to be soothed, and your hope restored. The events of the past two weeks that culminated in the #LagosMassacre, especially at Lekki toll gate have been met with varied reactions: grief and despair by those who understood the essence of the #EndSars movement, but smug indifference and victim-blaming by those who did not care for the disruption of their routine. Firstly, let it be known that in the history of this millennium there has been no movement of such magnitude initiated, managed, and peacefully maintained by a decentralized online mobilization of youth, aside from ours. When else has it occurred that over a thousand young people trekked 32km--nearly thrice the length of the longest bridge in Africa--to Akwuzu in honor of all the young people whose promisin...