Written by Fatima B. Derby Dear Adventurers, I hope you have been keeping well? For me, the past week has been heart-wrenching as I have been forced to confront too many precarious lies and ugly truths. …
Tag: Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women
Many writers and artists, especially those who create in isolation that lasts for months if not years, have one tool at their disposal that’s often not talked about: making love to oneself. It is not about …
Dear Adventurers, Today is the first day of Pride Month. Do you know the history of Pride? The first Pride was a riot to protest police violence against LGBTQI people. On June 28, 1969, police raided …
Written by Fatima B. Derby Dear Adventurers, About two weeks ago at our staff meeting, Malaka encouraged the Adventures Team to write weekly pieces for the blog. I was excited about it and I imagined it …
I’d been in the field working for days and I was craving a long hot bath in a bathroom that didn’t feel so strange. I missed my bed and the safety of my own walls while …
The Adventurous Writing And Social Media Fellowship was created to seek out, support and amplify feminist writers and content creators writing and their own singular vision. The fellowship program aims to support women and non-binary/gender non-conforming …
This is how most girls, cis or trans, come to understand the limits of our lives: we are introduced early to the guardians of girlhood known as shame and fear. From the moment our girlhood is …
“Na Gay Dey Reign” is a term used on Nigerian Twitter to mean it’s time for the LGBTQIA+ community to shine, and they are here to stay. For centuries, we have been made to believe certain …
Three years ago, I was in a relationship where my partner stopped having sex with me out of the blues. No explanations, no nothing. At first, I assumed they were taking a break due to reasons …
With large gatherings and close proximity to others out of the question, the pandemic has interrupted the ways in which we traditionally connect with our desires. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t find new ways …