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Marriage

Prince Harry Ran Through A Field of Laoghaires to Find His ‘Meghan Donn’

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Mo nighean donn (Gaelic). Translation: My brown haired lass You’d have to be a fan of the series ‘Outlander’ to truly appreciate what I’ve done with the title of this post. And the answer to your unasked question is, yes. Yes, I’m right proud of myself. It’s a braw thing I’ve done there. So! Prince […]

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Madness

Dear White People: Telling Black People That They Are ‘Not Like Other Black People’ Is Not a Compliment.

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I suppose I should’ve been ready for it. It was a Monday afternoon, after all. These sorts of things only happen during queer times. Like when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday, when the moon is full during its lunar cycle, and – of course – Mondays. I was so relieved that […]

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Marriage

There Are Days When I Still Mourn the Loss of My Maiden Name

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Do you remember your early middle school crushes? Did you ever play that game when you wrote your name and substituted your surname for that of the class prefect you only dared to admire from afar, fantasizing about the day you would be wed? I did. And it was fun…until it actually mattered. For 27 […]

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Motherhood

I’m Terrified That My Daughters Will Identify With a Hashtag like #MeToo One Day

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I’ve been sitting on this post for a week or better. The subject matter is one that people like myself – empaths – would much rather leave to our darkest imaginations than speak about, the risk being that the undesired event may come to pass. But if you’ve lived a day over 20, you know […]

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GH2013

Lecherous Lecturers: Preparing Your Student For the Lion’s Den

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It’s not the kind of message I was expecting to receive to early in the morning, particularly not from the individual in question. He is a casual (and one of my more pleasant) acquaintances on social media. Our conversation has run the gamut from history, to music, to women’s issues…but never this. “A friend of […]

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Marriage

When Marriage Becomes Idolatry

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Idolatry: extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone. A fetishism.    It’s a widely held belief that the wedding industry is the only viable, locally sustained industry in the Ghana. Oil and gas is still somewhat nascent and has yet to yield all of the promised gains that were dangled in front of […]

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Marriage

Patriarchal Princesses Don’t Bother Me. Here’s Why.

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In just four short months I will turn 40. I mention the coming of this milestone with pride and eagerly await its coming. Like 16 and 25, 40 is a one of those benchmark birthdays that heralds a shift in a woman’s life. For one thing, I will have achieved authentic ‘Auntie’ status owing to […]

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GH2013

I Support Africa’s Supreme Court Judges’ Right to Wear Those Ridiculous Robes

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There was an article making the rounds on social media last week querying why African judges still wear wigs 50 years after the end of colonization. The question remains a post-colonial conundrum: What is so appealing about the trappings of a judicial system that robbed an entire continent of its freedoms and imposed foreign laws […]

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Say what??

#PepperDemMinistries: An Official Statement

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Are you listening to the Super Morning Show of Joy FM? Perhaps you would like to know more about PDM. Here is their official statement! This is our official statement on who we are, what we are about, and where we would like to go with the Ministry. Who are we? These past two weeks […]

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