The subject of this week’s What She Said is a 42-year-old Nigerian woman. She shares how being her parents’ least favourite child made her fail school, lose motivation to work and accept her husband’s infidelity as her fault.
Trigger warning: This story touches on parental emotional abuse and self-hate
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This week's What She Said subject is a 30-year-old Ghanaian woman whose father passed away when she was two years old. She tells us why she doesn’t look at his pictures and how she still can’t escape his memory.
In this month's 40+ Anonymous, A* shares what makes her "unique" in the 40+ streets, the downside of being a spec and the unexpected way her ex’s mother influenced his attraction to her.
This week’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is a 25-year-old Nigerian woman who regrets choosing popularity over real friendships. She talks about being bullied by her school friends and still seeing them in her dreams five years later.
This week’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject talks about fulfillment in career growth, black tax, and how clubbing helped her find herself.
This week’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is a 23-year-old Nigerian woman. She tells us about discovering her feminism, pansexuality and atheism through books while living with her close-knit conservative family.
This week’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is a 20-year-old Nigerian woman. She talks about why surviving a scoliosis surgery was big for her, getting surgery in India, gaining weight after and growing into a thrill seeker who plans to retire at 35.
This week’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is a 29-year-old Nigerian woman who got married, had her first child and relocated to the UK in quick succession. She tells us about juggling school, work and motherhood, and just how hellish it could be to stop breastfeeding your baby.
Today’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is Laura, a 23-year-old Kenyan woman. She talks about moving to a new town at 16, her rocky relationship with her sister, respecting her more after their mum dies, struggling with depression and finally accepting that grief is an unending cycle.
The subject of today’s What She Said is a 19-year-old who talks about various times she’s been assaulted, and how she feels liking sex invalidates her assault.