Nigerian feminism ❤️

[NonnyMouse1337]

Lengthy but wonderful to read.

feminism.ng/

But there exists among the young Nigerian progressive set, so busy sucking at the teat of popular western movements, a certain myopia to the damage some of the ideologies they parrot do, and how far back women are slipping as they flock to trendier movements.

They eschew the work yet undone because it’s low profile and thankless, preferring to haunt social media where, power drunk on neologisms signalling their in group status, they occupy themselves with boosting their social cachet by scavenging for outrage with which to attack thought criminals.

Theirs is a lurid combination of blind acceptance of anything and any choices that make people feel good, regardless of the impact on women.

Women are merely an afterthought in a frankenfeminism that cares more about how many intersections you can claim to be defending as if they're pins for the collecting.

Never mind over 90% of the imported issues they spend their time talking about aren't even in the top five major concerns facing women in Nigeria.

This is utterly, utterly brilliant.

FEMINISM AS WAR
All ideas, all policies, all positions, must be evaluated for their obvious and innocuous, direct and indirect, first and second order impact on the dignity, wellbeing, safety, and status of women.
Women must aggressively beat back the institutional capture by those who wish to undermine and degrade women’s rights, as well as fight to create new opportunities for women to close the gap with men.

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this

Yeye Luisah Teish on Rainbow flag imperialism gave a fascinating overview of Yoruba traditions and how culture and traditions are ignored/suppressed by NGOs. She also shared her experience of being a black woman in the US.

Yeye:

That is very good, and so clear

Worse, any attempt to refocus on women is met with accusations of made up phobias, outright threats to harm women for putting ourselves first, and inevitably, swift branding with new slurs designed to single women out and signalling us as sinners to the public, due for mass punishment of silencing and deplatforming.

And this:

The truth, no matter how unpleasant, is always neutral.
It is simply the fact of what is, and it is always the best place to plant your feet.

Such powerful language and ideas.

And that is how it's done.

Oh. That is exactly how it's done

Boom!

This is stunning. I teach girls mainly of Nigerian origin. Would love to share this with them! They certainly aren't overtaken by the gender agenda in the same way as a lot of white middle class teens. Is there info about who wrote this? I can't see any names on the website?

There is a proud tradition of Nigerian literature exploring women's experiences, see for example Buchi Emecheta. Adichie is one of the greatest writers of course.

Wonderful and so refreshing to read.

Thank you for sharing NonnyMouse1337.

Yeye’s perspective adds an interesting and different perspective too, thanks EmbarrassingAdmissions. I enjoyed listening to her and learning about her beliefs.

Sorry I have no idea who is behind the website. Spotted it on Twitter.

Found the author! @sugabelly on twitter. Definitely worth a follow!

Her titles on the tweet are:

What Chimamanda is too polite to say.

Or…

For Cis Women Who Have Considered TERFism When the Lies Of Obscene Feminism Was Enuf.

(second title is a play on the play title: 'for coloured girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow was enuf')

She's a Nigerian blogger. This is her main website sugabellyrocks.com/

Oh good find ValancyRedfern!

Wow this is fantastic.

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"Womanhood cannot be inclusive to anyone who does not meet the criteria of being female.
Womanhood excludes men."

Thanks for sharing Nonny I felt like I wanted to quote at least half of it!

So refreshing to hear voices who are not afraid to tell the truth. We still have a long way to go in accepting that stating the truth is not offensive or hateful and we, as women, are not obliged to deny the truth for the benefit of someone else's feelings.

The revelations by Yeye Luisah Teish about the actions of NGO's is alarming. Her talk was brilliant and very educational.

I'm still struggling to grasp what and who the driving force behind gender ideolgy is. I have several theories but I can't determine if there is one driving force which is being exploited by others who would profit or benefit or whether there are multiple agendas coalescing around this one cause.

That is wonderful, thanks for sharing.

Their religion is an expansionist one, and so, they are never satisfied with their own belief, but require that everyone in society, particularly women convert to their ideology and make a public confession of faith in their hateful creed

(On Gender Ideology)

See also: the actions of Boko Haram

Excellent resource. Thank you.

Fuck yes this website is bang on

The revelations by Yeye Luisah Teish about the actions of NGO's is alarming. Her talk was brilliant and very educational.

Her presentation was such a fascinating mix of correcting misunderstandings of culture and the real world consequences of NGO's and what feels like their voluntary ignorance and wilful imposition of their agenda.

Wow, so eloquently written.

Did Chimamanda get vilified in Nigeria for what she said then?