I've hardly read anything this week - this photo 👇🏾pretty much sums up my week. But I thought about what @Lusukalanga would do to me if I skipped my weekly #EyalaReads thread & decided I like being alive. So here are my #SundayRead suggestions on #WomensRights #Africa #feminism
My favorite: @SidrahMay wrote about being a visibly Muslim woman in Canada as a "stereotype-busting-Muslim-girl PR job" she's taken on since childhood. The exhaustion she so beautifully describes feels familiar. In @thismagazine
bit.ly/38QTio9
#SundayRead #EyalaReads
In case you too have been hiding under a rock:
1. @drstellanyanzi is finally free!
2. Her fighting spirit is unwavering.
3. We're switching to #BoldLikeNyanzi
4. Her poetry is 🔥 #NoRosesFromMyMouth published by @SharingUbuntu
bit.ly/2TcbDFA
#SundayRead #EyalaReads
"Your identity is not up for debate": Black women don't owe it to anyone to engage in sterile Twitter feuds. African feminists, please let's save our energy for the battles that matter. Mute, block, delete.
In @WearYourVoice
bit.ly/2T5XzO8
#SundayRead #EyalaRead
ICYMI: I interviewed @_Nanzunga_ about how being a part of the #TakeItToTheStreetsMalawi protest shaped her as a young #feminist.
"No one is fighting for us", she replied. "We have to fight for ourselves." Read more: bit.ly/2HzkFr6
#EyalaReads #SundayRead
Happy reading, happy Sunday! Please take care of yourselves and your sisters. We truly are all we've got.
#Sisterhood #SundayRead #EyalaReads
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