I have always been intensely curious about sex and sexuality. Over the course of my life I have read more things about sex than I count. I have heard all the sex stories. Watched all the porn I could access. Read all the academic theories and the feminist writings I can get my hands on. All of them have a lot of useful information in teaching young women how to see sex as something that is healthy, enjoyable, shame-free and most importantly as ...  [Read more]

Small girl, you don’t know the ting. I am teaching you the ting. But you are playing with the ting... ¬Atumpan   In my opinion, the penis occupies this really fascinating place in social consciousness. It is virile. It is powerful. It is imposing. It is to be feared. It is positioned within society as this object that makes every human being who is born with it automatically superior. But it is also funny. It is used as a punch ...  [Read more]

My friends over at AccraAlt held one of their regular Talk Parties last week and invited Crystal Svaniker, Kobby Graham, Elvina Quaison and I to share insights from the Open Forum which we attended in May. My brief was to speak on the politics of sexual pleasure. I'm sharing below the blog post I wrote and delivered for the occasion. Sex is a deeply political act, yet it’s one of those acts that conservatives like to frame as private, and ...  [Read more]

Lydia Oppong went to the trunk of her car and pulled out a simple batik dress and a pair of flip flips and stuffed them into a plastic bag. She strode confidently into the jail and approached the warden’s desk. “I’m here to see my client,” she said addressing a sleepy looking man in a dark blue uniform. “Can you lead me to her?” The warden looked her up and down slowly before speaking. He motioned at a lurking lieutenant near ...  [Read more]

 My BFFFL Nana Darkoa is a staunch feminist. We haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on everything, but she generally has a way of conveying her point convincingly. As a feminist, part of her dogma lies in the belief that the “person is political”, meaning everything we do as individuals is political in some way. I typically roll me eyes whenever this though is asserted. Why are feminists always making everything so bloody political, I think ...  [Read more]

I have to confess, I have political ambitions. 2 years ago I thought maybe I should aim to be a Member of Parliament and work my way to being a Minister (I quite fancy being Minister for Information). The ultimate of course would be to run for President but as a person with dual nationality that office is out of my reach. I then started this blog (on a whim) and thought ‘I guess I can’t run for public office again’. One of the ...  [Read more]