3 Muslims on how the culture of public humiliation for not fasting changed how they feel about Ramadan

On 10 April, just days ahead of the commencement of Ramadan, I wrote this piece calling upon world leaders who are in the business of sending out well-meaning messages each year to the Muslim community at the beginning of Ramadan to implore Muslims to desist from enforcing compulsory fasting. The reason for that piece is... Read More

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allah, hausa, Hisbah, islam, Menstruation, Ramadan

March 15, 2021

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#IWD2021 Special: ‘Why we need to let boys out of the hall’

by Arekpitan Ikhenaode My first bra was pink. When my mom gave it to me, I immediately wore it on my shirt, wrapped a scarf around my chest and marched to Chinyere’s house to show her my bra. Chinyere, three years older than I was, made all the appropriate sounds, commented on the little animals... Read More

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always, Ginger Hervey, Menstruation, period shame

January 25, 2017

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The Dummies Guide to the difference between condoms and sanitary towels

You must have been hit by the “tissue”, “condom” “pad” and just all round menstrual talk that has been flying around Twitter lately. It must have got you wondering: “why all this grossness everywhere?” Here’s how it happened: So @GbemmyG was wondering out loud why sanitary towels are not being distributed free the way condoms are:... Read More

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condoms, HIV/AIDS, Menstruation, The Dummies Guide, Twitter Nigeria, Yeast infections

January 17, 2017

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The Thread: Want to know? This is why women cannot use tissue during menstruation

There’s been a debate on Twitter as to the health priority of condoms over sanitary pads. Those of the male extraction asked why women cannot make do with tissue, cotton materials and other instructions their mothers used in the past. As you might have guessed, the responses came with the fury of a whirlwind, as... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

condom versus sanitary pads, Menstruation, nigeria, patriarchy, Tissue versus sanitary pads, women

June 13, 2013

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‘Mama put’ seller strips naked, confesses to using mortuary water to cook for customers (PHOTOS)

Happiness, a food seller who runs a restaurant in Port Harcourt reportedly ran mad confessing to using diabolical means to sell to her customers. According to reports, she recently confessed to using fetish means to achieve success and growth in her business. Eyewitnesses narrated how she suddenly ran mad while at her buka located at Aleto in... Read More

Akwa Ibom, buka, dead bodies, destiny, diabolism, madness, Menstruation, Port Harcourt, Success

May 4, 2013

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Menstruation Facts: 12 things you may not know about your period

by Christina Huffington If you want to view VICE’s 2012 photo series “There Will Be Blood,” you have to confirm you are over 18 years old. The series is neither violent — as its title might imply — nor sexualized, so why the NSFW label? Because the photographer, Emma Arvida Bystrom, captured women visibly menstruating while engaging in otherwise ordinary... Read More

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3 Muslims on how the culture of public humiliation for not fasting changed how they feel about Ramadan

#IWD2021 Special: ‘Why we need to let boys out of the hall’

The Thread: What will you do if a girl stains your car seat with menstrual blood?

The Dummies Guide to the difference between condoms and sanitary towels

The Thread: Want to know? This is why women cannot use tissue during menstruation

‘Mama put’ seller strips naked, confesses to using mortuary water to cook for customers (PHOTOS)

Menstruation Facts: 12 things you may not know about your period

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