the Seventh Ally

The Origin Story of a Fire-Bellied Child of DISOBEDIENCE

I cannot remember the exact moment I became a feminist. But I remember, at age 13, reading through the forbidden...

08 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

Tokunbo (Stories from a time past)

I was going through my old mails one odd day, and I found a mail I had sent in mid-2016....

15 August, 2020 / 1 Comment

The Nigerian Androgyne: My Rebirth into Gender Blending

Name: Bamise OyetayoSex: FemaleGender: Androgynous Woman As a little girl, I had wanted badly to be a boy. Born into a...

20 June, 2020 / 2 Comments

Where else does hell exist?

And when the thunder strike raised its voiceThe cluster of thoughts clatteredAnd one can not but ask:Where else does hell...

02 June, 2020 / 1 Comment

I Can’t Breathe

I have dreamsI also have hopesI also have aspirationsHow do I fulfill them all?Because I can't breathe Growing up I played...

02 June, 2020 / 1 Comment

#SayHerName, poems for Uwa and Tina

UWA'S VOICE FROM THE BACKDOOR My body is not the lust isle, it's not the beastly figure that feeds errant men's...

01 June, 2020 / 0 Comments

Damn you patriarchy, a poem for boys who will not be puppets

They think he is strong, so he acted strongThey want him strong, so he played strongThey see him as strong,...

25 May, 2020 / 6 Comments

“The Covid-19 is a SheTragedy” – Ebun Olaleye, practising lawyer and gender advocate

The covid-19 is a shetragedy....

12 May, 2020 / 4 Comments

The future is female and Bobrisky is our messy crusader

Bobrisky, born Okuneye Idris, carved out a space in popular culture as the self-styled male barbie in 2015. Then Instagram showed...

30 April, 2020 / 2 Comments

Babies: Who is Adopting Anyway?

Why would an old couple play gestational Russian roulette to have babies who given our life expectancy they may not...

20 April, 2020 / 2 Comments

A Feminist Guide to Avoiding “Nice Guys”

A quirky tale of an ill-fated love union between a feminist romantic and patriarchy's trophy son....

15 April, 2020 / 8 Comments