#adichi

[facts-before-ideology]

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/the-intolerant-left/545783/

This is very well said. There has been an increase on the emphasis of inclusiveness in liberal circles and simultaneously an increase in intolerance and the pressure to conform.  

[fuzzabledotcom]

Happy International Women's Day

Happy International Women’s Day

Woman is a tricky term. According to Simone de Beauvoir, “One is not born but becomes a woman.” In a patriarchal setup, the term woman primarily means ‘woo man’. For majority of decision taken for woman are taken keeping man in mind. That is, Man is the index that decides the future of a woman. Over the years, women around the world have come together to break away from stereotypical images of…

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[minervadashwood]

The little boy had a delightful curious face. 'Do you live in London?' he asked Obinze.

'Yes,' Obinze said, but that yes did not tell his story, that he lived in London indeed but invisibly, his existence like an erased pencil sketch; each time he saw a policeman, or anyone in a uniform, anyone with the faintest scent of authority, he would fight the urge to run.

Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[jesselaineramsey]

A speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi. What struck me most about this video is when she speaks on women being raised to feel inherently guilty. 

[gennarl]

/Then she wished, more rationally, that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying; need was the choicelessness she often felt around him/ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun