A personal interview for an African Feminist Project
Month: May 2015
“Women For Gender Roles In Ghana” Protest Rice Cookers To Maintain Marriages
https://twitter.com/Sweyram/status/595864645581287424 "Women For Gender Roles In Ghana", a local organization filled with patriarchal princesses committed to perpetuating male dominance have issued an official statement protesting rice cookers, dish washers, and other house-hold appliances for threatening their marital homes. In the released statement, the fearful women complained that technological advances usurped their entire life purpose of … Continue reading “Women For Gender Roles In Ghana” Protest Rice Cookers To Maintain Marriages
Ugly Nti Deɛn? Embracing The Subversive As Liberation
https://twitter.com/Pe_Kayy/status/592410145600217088 I could be the ugliest, most grotesque women on the earth and I would still be the flyest muthafucker breathing. Because I am brilliant, I am bold, I am relentless, ungovernable, unsociable, and an intentionally molded human archetype of Maame Wata herself. Chale, I just dey be kɛkɛ. Feminists are Ugly? So fuckin' what? The … Continue reading Ugly Nti Deɛn? Embracing The Subversive As Liberation
Mother’s Day: Reproductive Justice in Ghana
Happy Mothers Day !!! While we love to celebrate and fawn over mothers on this day, we often ignore the institutional needs of mothers in Ghana. The difficulty and risk of motherhood is real. Even the act of becoming a mother has cost many their lives. In 2013, within Ghana 380 out of 100,000 live … Continue reading Mother’s Day: Reproductive Justice in Ghana
Mindless Misogyny Gone Wrong In Ghana Twitter
Sexism affects ALL women. Frankly it affects the entire world. However, the malevolent ill-treatment of women is a constant reality for all women. And being a mother does not exempt you from your own son's degradation. Exhibit A: the post below describes an attempt by a sexist boy within #GhanaTwitter to degrade all women, that … Continue reading Mindless Misogyny Gone Wrong In Ghana Twitter
To All Ghanaian Feminists – Thank you For Fuckin’ Shit Up
This is for Ghanaian feminists. Of every gender and creed. Disabled and able-bodied. Gay and pansexual. Poor and rich. Hypersexual and Asexual. Religious and atheist. To all of us. I want to say Thank you. Today is not the day I tell you why intersectional Marxist Feminism is the way for us Ghanaians. No. Today is … Continue reading To All Ghanaian Feminists – Thank you For Fuckin’ Shit Up
Humanism Without Feminism: How Ghanaian Sexists Pose As Intellectuals
Humanism without feminism is as useful as a typhoid inducing, clogged drainage system. It is logically and practically inconsistent. Ghanaian humanism houses male bigots who utilize intellectual gymnastics to fail to address their deep seated anti-woman beliefs and attitudes. A peril of sexism is that women are not taken seriously as intellectuals, or as pioneers … Continue reading Humanism Without Feminism: How Ghanaian Sexists Pose As Intellectuals
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