Adaobi Okwy: 10 signs you’re a sad lonely girl (Y! Superblogger)

Your friends dare not tell you about their new or on-going relationship because they’re scared that you’d either burst into tears, become moody and cranky or begin to avoid them all over again. Hold on ladies, if you’re wondering why you don’t get to hang out anymore with your girlfriends… especially as you used to,... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, depression, lonely, relationship, Sad, Y! Superblogger

March 4, 2013

Adaobi Okwy: Really, why do gays scare us? (Y! Superblogger)

I am not here to tell you what to do… I don’t have all the answers. I just wouldn’t bash my neighbor for his or her sexuality… before God and man after all, I am not without guilt. Most Nigerians today can’t imagine lesbians and homosexuals. It is like: what do they look like? Which... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, Anthony F. Bogaert, Brock University, Gays, homosexuals, sexual orientation, Y! Superblogger

January 17, 2013

Adaobi Okwy: To prepare kids for future hardship, mother doesn’t know best (Y! Superblogger)

…between many women’s choices of the trivial and the vital, mothers need to consult with fathers because, she doesn’t always know best. I had a very interesting conversation with one of my buddies recently and the discuss centered around his once volatile relationship with his father. While growing up, he had hated his father as... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, FAMILY, fathers, kids, mothers, Y! Superblogger

December 29, 2012

Adaobi Okwy: Dear Boko Haram… (Y! Superblogger)

I leave you with questions and only hope that one day…soonest, you’d find it in your heart to put down your weapons and leave us to heal and to forgive. Dear Boko Haram, I thought long and hard about this letter before I decided to put it out there (and by extension…put myself out there).... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, boko haram, corruption, terrorism, Y! Superblogger

November 5, 2012

Adaobi Okwy: Why I used to want to be a boy (Y! Superblogger)

It is a tough world for today’s woman even though I have learned to love and appreciate my own womanhood but, it hasn’t saved all the abused and victimized woman all over the world. Yes, I said that and my shocked girlfriends screamed: A ‘feminist’ like you would dare say that?! How? Why? Well, to... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, discrimination, female, gender, male, society, Y! Superblogger