THE HIDDEN COST OF MINING IN NIGERIA (EVENT REPORT) THE FIGURE Workspace and Bookspace at OAU Campus Gate, Ile-Ife, Nigeria on Friday March 7 held a book review in collaboration with Indigenous associations from the Obafemi Awolowo University campus. The event which had at least 15 students, socialists and book enthusiasts in attendance commenced at […]
This week, a 14 year old Pakistani TikToker living in the west was lured back to Pakistan and unalived by her father and uncle. Her crime? She dared to be on tiktok!. But there are Pakistani boys residents in Pakistan who are active on TikTok and social media as a whole. Yet, nothing has or
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The fact that I am writing this rejoinder does not mean that I have failed to recognize Police PRO Muyiwa Adejobi for what he is – a glorified propagandist for one of the most violent and corrupt police institutions in the world. It does not mean that I don’t know that Muyiwa Adejobi’s words about
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The recent reports of 150 female inmates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being raped and burned to death are not just a tragedy – they are grotesque manifestations of the global pandemic of misogyny. This act of unspeakable violence is not an anomaly. It is the logical endpoint of a world that
Beyond hot takes and joining trending conversations, it is important that we draw sober lessons from this collective experience, not out superiority or vindictiveness, but out of empathy and equality. 1. Love is not continual sacrifice by one person. Don’t normalize pain. Suffering is not a virtue. Endurance is not a virtue. Your freedom
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There was a friend I had in secondary school between JSS1 and JSS2. She was tall and definitely “did not look like a woman.” She looked very strong, sinewy, tough and would have been more muscular if she went to the gym. She was VERY fast on the field where we played during break time
I read about an Instagram model that was ready to file a lawsuit against Aubrey Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor who allegedly had poured hot pepper in a condom after use to kill the sperm. She (the model) went to the bathroom to take some sperm for her use only to feel
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I desperately wanted to join a cult, any cult, in part one. I’ve had my share of unfairness and injustice but nobody or nothing else made me want to join a cult group as much as the woman who gave birth to me. I wanted to see her get the same treatment she meted
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Conversations around women’s bodies and the idea of the ‘perfect victim’. … Last week Sunday, a medical students’ association WhatsApp group I am on had a discussion about a video of a young woman who on dressing “indecently” was harassed by a group of men while one guy tried fending off her harassors and she
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CALL FOR FEMINIST WRITERS! ✨🌟 FigureFeminists.com is excited to invite passionate feminist writers (irrespective of your gender identity) to contribute to our International Women’s Day initiative! We’re seeking critical commentaries (1500+ words) from a pro-sexual rights perspective on one of the following ten crucial topics (and each category attracts a #10,000 cash prize for
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