TOUCHED BUT NOT EARNED
Who are you to come and go as you please? I am not a fulfillment of your 2 AM fantasies, I am a soul residing in a body that transcends your morality. I am a gem. Continue Reading
Women
Rape, A Real National Emergency?
Since rape was declared a national emergency, it has been given even less attention by the president and officials of government. I am very disappointed in the president and the Liberian legislature. They have failed women and girls in this country. There’s absolutely no vision for the protection of women and children in Liberia. Year in and out, they continue to be vulnerable. They are at high risk in our society, yet we don’t see their protection as a priority. Continue Reading
A Poem in Pictures (I)
The thing about strong women that people tend to forget
Is that strong doesn’t equate to superhuman Continue Reading
I'm Telling My Story
Mohammed Osman and I dated and separated in 2016. During our time together, he coerced me on many occasions to have sex with him. He removed the condom without my knowledge which is a form of rape. I noticed it and confronted him but he never admitted it. He has also forced me to have non-consensual anal sex with him (raped me anally) during the course of our relationship. Continue Reading
Auto Draft
So you wake up early in the morning or sometimes in the middle of the night, run hurriedly to the restroom to check yourself. With a slight disappointment, your underclothes are all dry, clean and unbloody. Your eyes became watery,… Continue Reading
I’m Not BOSSY, I’m the BOSS
It would not cross his mind to point out to another man that he was “hard” or “bossy” because a man in my shoes would simply be “a boss”…Because how can a woman possibly be strong and powerful and not be an absolute, cold-hearted bitch, right? Continue Reading
Religion and Women
One might argue that these Holy Books being written by all men was a deliberate attempt to diminish the roles women played in ancient religious times. There is no proof that women were also prophets and touched by God, but neither is there proof that ONLY men were sanctified and touched by God. Continue Reading
Women's Bodies & The Patriarchy II
Do I regret helping a 14 year old girl, who was not prepared and did not want her pregnancy? No. I did and still do support her freedom to choose whether she kept it or not. Do I have friends who kept their teenage pregnancies and have children now? Yes. I support those friends choices as well. Continue Reading
A Male’s Perspective of Feminism
“If we will have a balance of gender and a reduction in the continuous occurrence of violence against women and girls, society will have to balance off their so called feminist perspective.” Continue Reading
How Do You Feel About Abortion?
I have an hour commute to work every day, two hours if we consider my return. I enjoy this. I am able to read leisurely and smile at passengers getting on and off, who are a mixture of students, market… Continue Reading
