feminism – Becoming The Muse

Of The Vagina Monologues: A review

4 Feb 20204 Feb 2020

Warning: The following article contains themes of an adult nature, we all adults here right? A brief background into Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play…

Awards and Challenges…

Of The Ways Of Old

27 Jun 201927 Jun 2019

I am constantly awed by the duality and double standards that seem to be part of our culture. https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/597363696428556288 We claim we are a modern progressive society and yet we…

Of A Woman’s Worth

30 Sep 201830 Sep 2018

The value of a woman is not measured in how many cows you pay for her, Nor is it measured by how many children she will birth, It is certainly…

Of Kintu: A Review

17 May 201818 May 2018

Kintu is a novel by Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi. First published by Kwani Trust, Nairobi Kenya in 2014 after winning The Kwani Manuscript Project in 2013 then published by Transit…

Of Picture It: International Women’s Day

9 Mar 20189 Mar 2018

Happy Women’s Day Every day is woman’s day on this space of mine especially this month of March. I pledge to #PressForProgress and Forge positive visibility of women Yesterday I…

Of Coffee, Women And Progress

3 Mar 20183 Mar 2018

If you were having coffee with me; I would greet you as a stranger who suddenly realises that amongst other strangers we are kindred spirits you and I. How alike…

Awards and Challenges…

Of The Gender Equation

28 Sep 201728 Sep 2017

Confession I do not understand feminism. Now that I have got that declaration out of the way, this me trying to make sense of it. If you are reading this…