The New Gospel
Excuse me sisters, would you hold on a moment. If you would allow me just a minute, I wish to tell you about the gospel of “real feminism.” In the beginning some men (not all men) got together and decided to fix feminism. They saw there was clearly a problem and came up with definitions […]
The Weight Of Clarity
Guest Post by Anonymous I’m depressed. The internal chaos caused by my self-doubt, the naysayers, the teachers, friends and family that told me I couldn’t do one thing or another got to me. I broke. It has been feeling like they were right about me all along, that my attempts to prove them wrong are […]
Compliments That Matter
Mirrors are actually one of my favourite things. No philosophical reason behind this, I simply like how my face looks. I love the way my skin glows softly. I like how my eyes slant ever so slightly. Even the beauty spot on my collar bone is looked at adoringly. I know I am pretty and […]
Shhh: A Step by Step Guide to Silence
Sometimes, you can almost admire the skill with which our rights are being stripped from us. There is a kind of finesse to it, a mastery that you don’t see very often. It would be impressive if it wasn’t so goddamn terrifying.
You Are Almost Safe Now
I love my government. They care about me. They want me to be safe. This is why the things I am hearing from my fellow Kenyans disturb me so. I have heard some complain that the government is trying to silence them, to stop them from protesting, but this simply isn’t true. They don’t want […]
Fantasy And Africans
Will this be a problem has been silent for about a month now but, and here’s the good news, it was an interesting kind of silence. You see, it wasn’t the silence you’d get if we were neglecting you, our dear readers. It was not even the silence you’d get if we were tired of […]
Oyunga Pala and The False Victim Complex
Oyunga Pala recently published an article entitled “Why I Am Afraid of Female Bigots”. In it he talks about how he was a panelist at the Future of Men discussion panel and how the men there were vilified by the women and pushed into a corner when they voiced their opinion about the issues that […]
Causing Damage For Popularity
Now, before I start, I feel I should say that I’m not necessarily opposed to celebrity news/gossip sites. It’s not my cup of tea but a lot of people are clearly interested in what they do. There is a market for it and they have moved in to take advantage of that. Good on them. […]
Here Cometh The Feminists
The movies were wrong. The alien invasion did not come in spaceships. It did not come with beams in the sky or crop circles in the fields. We did not even even see it coming. The invasion came and went, we were occupied and we did not even know it. You’re skeptical. I understand, but […]
The Haunting Legacy
Kenya’s relationship with politics and the past is something I do not truly understand. In fact, I’m not even sure it’s something that can be understood. For some reason, any political act older than a year or two morphs into something completely unrecognizable. This has never been more clear than when reading the #Moiat90 tweets. […]