Teach Our Boys to be BOYS

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It is a common saying on most, if not all social media platforms that "Men are scum." Well, personally, I know quite a number of men who are not scum. For various reasons men have become scum to women or rather the entire female populace. I do not disagree with the men are scum theme song actually; personal experiences and very true life stories have made me believe at several intervals that men are indeed the scummiest of the scum. But the problem is that everyone can be a scum at any given time, but that is a story for another time.

IN DEPENDENCE [By Sarah Ladipo Manyika] - Book Review

ABOUT THE BOOK.
"In dependence " was published in the UK in 2008, in Nigeria in 2009 and in the US in 2011. It begins in the early sixties when Tayo Ajayi meets Vanessa Richardson, the beautiful daughter of an ex-Colonial officer. It is the story of individuals trying to find their place within uncertain political times. - A story of passion and idealism,  courage and betrayal.


REVIEW
A beautifully written story, that spans across three continents. Manyika intelligently spices up the novel by introducing about 5 different languages ranging from; English, Yoruba, Nigerian pidgin, French and wolof.

Being Female In Nigeria

A  topic started showing up recently, which I think would be amazing if we looked at it seriously - and helped it gain the recognition it deserves. Many of you may have heard of it, and most of you will actually be affected by it. You may already know it, the trend

#BeingFemaleInNigeria

This hashtag, currently trending on twitter highlights the various socioethical and various other injustices visited on women, mentally, physically or otherwise throughout the country Nigeria, As many of who already live here know, the country is more or less especially patriarchal in nature. Everything mostly seems to revolve around "THE MAN". The man is everything. The man is all that matters,

*Do you have children?  Yes? --->Great

*Are any male?
Yes - Good for you
No - Oh sorry.....don't worry, we will still take care of your inheritance for you.

Weekly 10 - Funny Pictures

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”  ― Woody Allen



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Beauty and the Beast - 2

“I was brought up to believe beauty is not worth thinking about, what's important is your soul, your mind—you don't want to be a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.”

~Garrison Keillor, We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters

Okay guys. Back on beauty again......

I wrote a article some weeks back on the issue of "beauty". I was taking a pseudo-altruistic view because I wanted to be honest in the depths of the truth of  "real beauty". The beauty that would make the world a better place.

This time we'll be looking at the nature of the beauty that we focus on - today, in the world.

Let's be honest. With these four people in the above pic, who do you think is "more beautiful" . Do you judge beauty by external appearance?

Well most of us do. Be honest, you automatically judged the older ladies as 

*FIVE* reasons why a woman can make a change in Nigeria

Truthfully? I can give you 10 reasons or I can give you 1. It all 

stands the same if the depth behind the truth of it is clear. But I 

will give you these 5 all the same.

The first reason is the 'Understanding of life'. Only a woman, having the ability to house a living creature inside her body for 9 months would truly be able to give anything to make sure life is what it is truly meant to be, she would be truly able to see everyone as her child.

Beauty...and the beast.....

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

As much as I would have loved to write up a kolanut article on this i.e.  'Beauty in a kolanut' I think I'll leave it just as a simple article and give the extrapolation which I have on this only.

I'm sure most people no longer believe that beauty these days is that of the biggest butt or chest or curviest body, or the prettiest face even. Most of that is thankfully dye to the influence of the social media, thought leaders, new age thinkers, internet and yes, even the mass media as well. 

Considering the damage that the latter two have done to promote such an image it's good that they've finally tried to redeem themselves - in a way. The gross majority of those latter two still promotes and propagates that image of beauty which they sell advertise in their monetizing bids to prey on the fantasies of the public. The men who love, as well as encourage, that image of gratifying beauty and the women who are forced to believe that "Beauty" is all about "Sex Appeal" .