Hello Twitter fam'! Eyala's #SundayReads are back after a break. (I wish I could tell you I had a restful one, but I'd be lying. It was work-work-work-work and whatever else Rihanna sang). Scroll down for a selection of articles that resonated with me over the past few weeks 👇🏾
"I poured my human self into it—my Nigerian woman into it.": @BBCAfrica journalist @kikimordi spoke with @OkayAfrica about what it felt like to do the work tjat uncovered the #SexForGrades scandal. A must-read.
bit.ly/2M9HOTO
#SundayReads #sundayread
Hajar Raissouni, a journalist in #Morocco, is in prison for having premarital sex and an abortion. Weaponizing women's bodies for political goals.
@AidaAlami did a stellar job of reporting on this case on Twitter and for @nytimes
nyti.ms/2OLXePV
#SundayReads #FreeHajar
Being a French citizen is the part of my identity I struggle most to embrace, so I'm grateful for Dr. Mame-Fatou Niang aka @MariannesNoires. Read her intw with @blkwomenradical about the erasure of Blackness from France's collective identity.
bit.ly/2M9uI9i
#sundayread
"I want to live in a country and world where women do not have to be fighters just to stay alive": @feminist_rogue dispels four myths patriarchy has been selling to women in #southafrica and around the world.
#SundayReads #sundayread
bit.ly/2q23Lvs
That's it for today! Happy reading and please share your favorite #feminist reads, I've got lots of catching up to do!
#SundayReads
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