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We Should All Be Feminist by Queerlyshrewd: 9:38pm On Oct 22, 2017
I remember one time, me and my friends settling into the night talking about our reviews on movies and then it hit the rest of us that one of us had to watched "Gravity".
BOOM!!! We were beyond dazed. Why?
We are a movie loving people and we love to criticise movies. So, to us, it was a friendship Crime.

Yesterday i got to know who Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was and that was shocker to me for She's too important not to know.
To those who don't...

She is a brilliant writer, and her noteworthy works are books like "half the yellow sun", "Blue hibiscus" and "We should all be Feminist".
It gets even better , she's featured on the song "flawless" by Beyoncè or we could put it like this, 'Beyoncè asked for permission to use her words and she granted Beyoncè permission'. I think the latter sounds cooler.

So What's the point? Chimamanda has a message for all "supposed feminist " and feminist-lovers. She sees the big misrepresentation or the total lack of understanding of the word Feminism.
Here are her words while referring to her work with Beyoncè

"Still, her (Beyoncè)type of feminism is not mine," she said. "As it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men. I think men are lovely, but I don't think that women should relate everything they do to men: did he hurt me, do I forgive him, did he put a ring on my finger? We women are so conditioned to relate everything to men. Put a group of women together and the conversation will eventually be about men. Put a group of men together and they will not talk about women at all, they will just talk about their own stuff. We women should spend about 20 per cent of our time on men, because it's fun, but otherwise we should also be talking about our own stuff."

I don't quite agree Men could gather and not talk about women. It's totally dependent on the kind of men gathered but i do get her point.
Go on Facebook, Twitter and whatever social media site there is, it's everywhere, Women talking about how "Men are scum" , how women should stand up against Men. Gender Equality and all sorts of agendas that are Men-centred.

Men don't have the time to lament about women. Men are busy seeking how to make fast money so they can accure more women.
That's the difference right there. A man's centre is money .

For too many women , the centre of their world is a man, There's too many online post about Men's fidelity, too many memes and jokes about girlfriends struggling for passwords to their boyfriend's phone and Its astonishing how women celebrate being engaged, it's seen as some milestone or a feather to the Cap to find a 'man that may as well still decide to damn the engagement and ditch you".

To crown this aberration up, one of the most searched words on the internet is "How to please a man".

It would be totally unjustified and cruel of me to blame women for their seeming misfortunes but they honestly are a part of their own problem.
They give men the very power they accuse them of having.

To be a Feminist isn't to go online disturbing the peace of your followers Timeline about how Men are this and that. It's about developing yourself for yourself; to be self-sufficient and seld-dependent .

Self-sufficiency is the best kind of attractive. It leaves no room to be bothered about how a man should or shouldn't treat you. It's power and beauty interlaced into a appealing knit.
We should all be Feminist.


http://queerlyshrewd..com

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 9:46pm On Oct 22, 2017
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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 11:36pm On Oct 22, 2017

Feminism bullshit everywhere. Y aren't they fighting to abolish d law that divides a man's property during divorce even if he made it on his own?

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by joewill(m): 1:25am On Oct 23, 2017
I think, it should be purple hibiscus and you missed out her latest book Americanah! *Boom* I got you there. +Beyonce did not ask for her permission to record her voice on her song, rather when BBC spoke with her over the phone on #hardtalk she said that she never knew Beyonce had recorded her on her song, it was someone who called her to of course break the cheering news to her.
As Beyonce anticipated. it was overwhelming for her to be recognised by Beyonce her follow #Ferminist. :-XI

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 6:41pm On Oct 23, 2017
Thrash

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Queerlyshrewd: 9:07pm On Oct 23, 2017
@joewill thanks for the positive review. I'm open to writers for my blog. You converse well. Reply if you're open to writing so we can publish

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Papiikush: 7:30am On Oct 29, 2017
Feminism in Nigeria is just pure poohpooh.

Nigerian ladies are hypocritical and only put on the feminist mantle whenever the situation favour them. If you wanna be a feminist start by paying the bills when you go on a date smiley

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by iLickAnalFungus(m): 7:31am On Oct 29, 2017
Feminism is bullshit.. It's just an avenue for mostly ugly women to exert superiority on men

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by XXLDICK(m): 7:31am On Oct 29, 2017
Though I'm male, but I'm a hardcore feminist.

As long as they are not advocating for equity but equality, I'm in �% support.

I can't wait for a world where I won't be responsible for footing the bills after a date alone.

No more quota for females, let's shrug it out pound for pound ( surely, the male folks will win. But that's what equality is all about grin)

When we get into a fight, no more playing the victim card, we should be judged equally cool

All guys should be at the forefront campaigning for gender equality. We are equal grin

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 7:31am On Oct 29, 2017
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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by MRAKBEE(m): 7:31am On Oct 29, 2017
Interesting
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 7:31am On Oct 29, 2017
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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Phi001(m): 7:33am On Oct 29, 2017
Be a feminist if you want. I'm not interested!!!

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Nobody: 7:33am On Oct 29, 2017
When will feminist start digging borehole?

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by ivolt: 7:33am On Oct 29, 2017
Datapoboi:

Feminism bullshit everywhere. Y aren't they fighting to abolish d law that divides a man's property during divorce even if he made it on his own?

Which law is that?
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by ivolt: 7:35am On Oct 29, 2017
Unfortunately, this writer fails to define feminism,
leaving rooms for kids to engage in imaginative
and straw-men arguments.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by ivolt: 7:35am On Oct 29, 2017
Unfortunately, this writer fails to define "feminism",
leaving rooms for kids to engage in imaginative
and straw-men arguments.
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by IamLEGEND1: 7:35am On Oct 29, 2017
Any mumu that tries to quote or use chimamanda as a reference is automatically disqualified.
Woman wey no get sense. Our mantra still remains: Fuck_feminists and everything they stand for.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by kullozone(m): 7:40am On Oct 29, 2017
Women don't want to be equal to men... Because they know they can't cope.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by barbiecue(f): 7:40am On Oct 29, 2017
F
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by sodsak: 7:44am On Oct 29, 2017
Ok
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by mrphysics(m): 7:44am On Oct 29, 2017
No be only feminist but Foolminist.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Sapiosexuality(m): 7:48am On Oct 29, 2017
Feminism is highly misunderstood by most persons. Feminism is simply equality. I think the problem is the use of the prefix 'femi'.

This is feminism: http://www.mortalpoet.com/men-chill-feminism-not-think/
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by lenghtinny(m): 7:50am On Oct 29, 2017
The funny thing is that to you feminists, your main focus is also on men like you accused other women...

You not only want to be like men but you also want to be higher them. Can you see the hypocrisy in your write up?

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Dshocker(m): 7:51am On Oct 29, 2017
Queerlyshrewd:
I remember one time, me and my friends settling into the night talking about our reviews on movies and then it hit the rest of us that one of us had to watched "Gravity".
BOOM!!! We were beyond dazed. Why?
We are a movie loving people and we love to criticise movies. So, to us, it was a friendship Crime.

Yesterday i got to know who Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was and that was shocker to me for She's too important not to know.
To those who don't...

She is a brilliant writer, and her noteworthy works are books like "half the yellow sun", "Blue hibiscus" and "We should all be Feminist".
It gets even better , she's featured on the song "flawless" by Beyoncè or we could put it like this, 'Beyoncè asked for permission to use her words and she granted Beyoncè permission'. I think the latter sounds cooler.

So What's the point? Chimamanda has a message for all "supposed feminist " and feminist-lovers. She sees the big misrepresentation or the total lack of understanding of the word Feminism.
Here are her words while referring to her work with Beyoncè

"Still, her (Beyoncè)type of feminism is not mine," she said. "As it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men. I think men are lovely, but I don't think that women should relate everything they do to men: did he hurt me, do I forgive him, did he put a ring on my finger? We women are so conditioned to relate everything to men. Put a group of women together and the conversation will eventually be about men. Put a group of men together and they will not talk about women at all, they will just talk about their own stuff. We women should spend about 20 per cent of our time on men, because it's fun, but otherwise we should also be talking about our own stuff."

I don't quite agree Men could gather and not talk about women. It's totally dependent on the kind of men gathered but i do get her point.
Go on Facebook, Twitter and whatever social media site there is, it's everywhere, Women talking about how "Men are scum" , how women should stand up against Men. Gender Equality and all sorts of agendas that are Men-centred.

Men don't have the time to lament about women. Men are busy seeking how to make fast money so they can accure more women.
That's the difference right there. A man's centre is money .

For too many women , the centre of their world is a man, There's too many online post about Men's fidelity, too many memes and jokes about girlfriends struggling for passwords to their boyfriend's phone and Its astonishing how women celebrate being engaged, it's seen as some milestone or a feather to the Cap to find a 'man that may as well still decide to damn the engagement and ditch you".

To crown this aberration up, one of the most searched words on the internet is "How to please a man".

It would be totally unjustified and cruel of me to blame women for their seeming misfortunes but they honestly are a part of their own problem.
They give men the very power they accuse them of having.

To be a Feminist isn't to go online disturbing the peace of your followers Timeline about how Men are this and that. It's about developing yourself for yourself; to be self-sufficient and seld-dependent .

Self-sufficiency is the best kind of attractive. It leaves no room to be bothered about how a man should or shouldn't treat you. It's power and beauty interlaced into a appealing knit.
We should all be Feminist.


http://queerlyshrewd..com

Every woman's place is in the kitchen and the living room... grin grin grin

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by pweetiedee(m): 7:52am On Oct 29, 2017
Papiikush:
Feminism in Nigeria is just pure poohpooh.

Nigerian ladies are hypocritical and only put on the feminist mantle whenever the situation favour them. If you wanna be a feminist start by paying the bills when you go on a date smiley

yeah yeah

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Meel: 7:52am On Oct 29, 2017
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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by pweetiedee(m): 7:53am On Oct 29, 2017
iLickAnalFungus:
Feminism is bullshit.. It's just an avenue for mostly ugly women to exert superiority on men

you didn't read the last two paragraphs.

feminism isn't crap.
Re: We Should All Be Feminist by pweetiedee(m): 7:54am On Oct 29, 2017
XXLDICK:
Though I'm male, but I'm a hardcore feminist.

As long as they are not advocating for equity but equality, I'm in �% support.

I can't wait for a world where I won't be responsible for footing the bills after a date alone.

No more quota for females, let's shrug it out pound for pound ( surely, the male folks will win. But that's what equality is all about grin)

When we get into a fight, no more playing the victim card, we should be judged equally cool

All guys should be at the forefront campaigning for gender equality. We are equal grin

Yes, we are equal.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by iLickAnalFungus(m): 7:57am On Oct 29, 2017
pweetiedee:

you didn't read the last two paragraphs.
feminism isn't crap.
Tell me sweety, what is it? What do women want?

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by Cuteamigo1(m): 7:58am On Oct 29, 2017
feminism again.

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Re: We Should All Be Feminist by iLickAnalFungus(m): 7:58am On Oct 29, 2017
Dshocker:

Every women's place is in the kitchen and the living room... grin grin grin
And........ The Oza room

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