I was sitting in bed last week, minding my own business, when something entered my left eye from no where. I did everything I could, shut it tight, flushed it with water but it was still peppering me. Then suddenly, even in my dilemma I figured my next blog post would be about words that are…
Tag: Popular culture
WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
There is a reason why a name exists for everyone on a family tree. It is because of the chaotic nature of human beings that distinguishing who is who is very important. Cousin, because I am your uncle’s child. Grand mother because I gave birth to your mother, step father because I’m not your mother’s…
ON RAPE CULTURE, BILL COSBY AND YOUR NEIGHBOUR UNCLE
So I stumbled on this piece that Teju Cole did for the New Inquiry in reaction to the ongoing Bill Cosby rape issue. I recently wrote about how rape victims remain victims and the perpetrators are hardly spoken about just because popular culture has made it so. How long will rapists be given a free…
Tope Owolabi 