Written by Miracle Okah What would society look like without rigid beauty standards? Without relentless policing of women’s bodies? Without people searching for flaws, even when there are none? Well, I know what it would look …
Tag: Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women
I’m an introvert. This means that I love to stay indoors, enjoy my own company a little too much, and so simply inviting me out is not enough. You need to convince me that it’s in …
Quick Recap Three women, Rosie, Mary, and Nana Adjoa, find out that they all share a common problem: a poor sex life because of their overly religious husbands. In the guise of helping Rosie, the youngest …
“Where would I go?” I asked, still staring at her. I wasn’t completely convinced that it wasn’t just some sick joke my husband had thought up to torture me some more, but this was the first …
I was already horny and wet when I walked into the motel. I had been angsty all day at work anticipating this moment. I just climbed up the stairs to the room he had already secured …
Your phone vibrates with a notification. You ignore it. You’re hungry as shit and trying to fix something to eat. It vibrates again and the sound irritates you. You don’t like that the sound interrupts Asake …
Written by Maryam Ibrahim Have you ever read about the history of the term “hysteria”? This outdated medical term, literally meaning “wandering womb” in Greek, was once used to explain a wide range of women’s ailments, …
It is next week. I am slightly nervous but determined. I have given Dr. Amankwah a brief memory that is recurring in my mind, and now my eyes are closed, focusing on her voice that sounds …
PART 1 “I hate my mother.” The woman sitting on the beige antique chair across from me doesn’t show any reaction to my unusual announcement. She is a pretty woman in her late thirties, about 5ft9, …
Written By Oladoyin Alana In the bible, the wages of sin is death. Similarly, in the Yoruba society, a cheating female partner is rewarded with shame, trauma and in extreme cases, death! The woman’s pleasure could …