Thread by @IjeomaOgud

Nigerian feminists, know that you're doing something right. These people wouldn't be investing so much time and energy into discrediting you if you had no impact.

Keep doing you. Dem boiz is scared.

No. Nigerian feminists are not 'misandrists'. Words have meanings.

There is nothing wrong with Nigerian feminism.

We know what feminism is about. We have to live in one of the most misogynist countries in the world.

Nigerian feminists are fighting for women everywhere.

That women who want to stand up for themselves need to clarify that "I'm not a feminist but..." tells you they've been successful in tainting it.

Of course the patriarchy will push back. You're demanding a system that benefits some people be dismantled. Of cos they hate it.

That you're asking to be treated fairly will feel like 'man-bashing' to someone who wants to hold on to the power to be able to diminish you.

Patriarchy wants to define your worth in terms it chooses. It wants to take that power away from you; the power of self-determination.

No. Nigerian feminists are NOT bitter. In spite of the horrors we have to go through everyday, we continue to centre others (including patriarchs), including people who have no intentions of centering us.

Nigerian feminists are not even radical enough. What?!

Look at the amount of misogyny Nigerian women face everyday. Online and offline.

Churches. Schools. On the streets. At work. In friendships. Every single space.

Again, Nigerian feminists are not radical enough.

Don't let those who want to stop you dictate your passion.

Ask yourself. Is your feminism more radical than the amount of misogyny you face?

Is your feminism more than the patriarchy Nigerian women have to endure everyday?

Think about it.

In culture
In casual speech
In society
At home

Is your feminism more intense than that?

The people who benefit from the system you're trying to break will fight you every step of the way.

It had always been that way. Everywhere. Any system beneficial to some people will never just roll over.

So don't be surprised at the lengths they will go to break you.

You're not bitter. You're not a misandrist.

You're fighting for the right to live your life to the full, on your own terms.

EVEN IF YOU'RE BITTER OR A MISADRIST, guess what, I'm not here to tell you not to be.

Nigerian women have gone thru too much at the hands --

- at the hands of patriarchy and its minions for you to join them in bashing us.

Nigerian women are literally DYING at the hands of patriarchy.

We are fighting for our lives here. Never let anyone make you second-guess our fight.

Whenever patriarchy tries to tell you that you're doing too much, just ask yourself? "Is my feminism more intense than the misogyny I and other women face everyday?"

I'd your answer is no, then no, you're not doing too much. We can all do more.