A writer and advocate for gender equality "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" confronted former US First Lady and US presidential aspirant "Hillary Clinton" on her Twitter bio in which she identifies herself first as a "wife".

While interviewing Hillary Clinton at a PEN World Voices Festival lecture at the Cooper Union in Manhattan on Sunday night, Chimamanda asked the former Democratic presidential candidate why, with all her career accomplishments, she chose to be primarily identified in her Twitter bio as a "Wife."

Chimamanda said:

In your Twitter account, the first word that describes you is ‘Wife.’ And then I think it’s ‘Mom,’ and then it’s ‘Grandmother'. And when I saw that, I have to confess that I felt just a little bit upset. And then I went and I looked at your husband’s Twitter account, and the first word was not ‘husband.’

Bill Clinton’s Twitter bio leads with, "Founder, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States." There was no mention of his marital status, neither did he add that he's a father.

Adichie said she wanted to know if it was Clinton’s choice to first identify in relation to her husband, and if so, why.

And Hillary Clinton replied:

When you put it like that, I’m going to change it.

Clinton's response prompted roars from the crowd. But she had a good explanation for why she started by describing herself as a "Wife" in her Twitter bio. She said that women should be able to celebrate both their accomplishments and their relationships. She told a story about hearing the former US First Lady, late Barbara Bush speak at Wellesley in the early 1990s.

Quoting Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton said:

She said, you know, at the end of the day, it won’t matter if you got a raise, it won’t matter if you wrote a great book, if you are not also someone who values relationships.

And though Barbara Bush got a standing ovation after that speech, Hillary Clinton told Chimamanda Adichie and the PEN crowd she’s not sure Bush was right.

Clinton said:

It shouldn’t be either/or. It should be that if you are someone who is defining yourself by what you do and what you accomplish, and that is satisfying, then more power to you. That is how you should be thinking about your life, and living it. If you are someone who primarily defines your life in relationship to others, then more power to you, and live that life the way Barbara Bush lived that life, and how proud she was to do it.

But I think most of us as women in today’s world end up in the middle. Wanting to have relationships, wanting to invest in them, nurture them, but also pursuing our own interests.

Source:
http://www.nairaplus.com/2018/04/chimamanda-adichie-questions-hillary.html

Uuummm... Lemme find this on YouTube..


Brb..

And what is there to be ashamed of in being a good wife and a good mother?

If she s not a wife what is she? ITK. She s a wife and she s proud to be that, you can choose what you want to be nobody is forcing you. Some people are so confused.

Smh!

She lost it this time.

She will preach feminism from her co-husband husband's home while her ignorant follower's home get broken nd some still single because of feminism

If she isnt a proud wife nd a mother, let her leave Mrs Clinton to her choice. After all the so called feminism is about following ur choice.
Family should always come first b4 anything.

Dnt coman put sand in anoda person's garri

Is she a 'husband' before? All these attention seeking mofos.

Feminists are a disgusting set of women. They just make me want to puke.
Is she trying to mock an institution which has been in existence since creation? She thinks she's intelligent. She got shiit for brains

Joblessness

This Chimamanda is an idiot looking to start trouble

I love you, chimamanda, but don't be stûpid

Just remember what I told you when your sh!t flop In five years you gon' be on Love & Hip-Hop, nigga







Aswear J. Cole is mad
He will lesson you and same time reprimand you

nj

Chimamanda if not that you are beautiful, intelligent and above all Igbo girl i for tell you my mind.

Igbo girls are the best of them all, they have all d qualities you can ever ask for, they are simply exceptional.

To all d Igbo girls out there keep flag flying.

It's only an Igbo girl that can make this delicious meal.

When is Chimamanda exposing the senator who squeezed her breast?

Her biography, her business. Do your own bio and present it however you like. These feminists and their wahala sef

This Chiamanda really has a very big problem, it's not just being a Feminist, it's very psychological.

Sometimes people start looking stupid when they allow “achievements”, fame get into their heads. There are a thousand and one men that have the title husband, best husband, father etc on their twitter handles. Why hasn’t she checked that. Must Hilary define herself on twitter based on what her husband defines himself. We all have different thoughts and status mean different things to us, people celebrate things differently and it’s only sensible we respect that.

I find her question a tough one for many to answer. It is actually the truth to many people. as for me who cares? phuck the phuck

I think she's taking this feminism thing to the extreme

Craze

Is it her Bio?

Nonsense feminist shiiit

Mrs. Hilary has done well this time...

Feminist....... I wonder y she marry.... So it's a crime if she puts wife first....

Feminism

WHats her business

Chimamanda is psychologically imbalanced.

She'll be telling women foolish enough to listen to her how to emasculate their husbands but knows how to keep her own home.

No matter how much feminism Chimamanda practices, she still kneels down to receive d0ggy from her husband.

What's wrong telling the whole world I'm a wife...abeg this Chima own don dey dey too much abeg

Hillary Clinton deserves some Accolades


Chimamanda deserves some beating