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Writer | Filmmaker | Curator | Feminist | Digital Rights Advocate | Intersection of Media, Tech, Culture | Founder @zedamedia
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One of the most profound realizations I had was when it hit me that my life is mine. It's the thing that belongs to me. When I'm dead, I'll be the one that's dead. So I must live like my life belongs to me. It's not my parents' or lovers' or friends' or anyone else's life. Mine.
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Etiquette is learning
& respecting a people's culture. If they eat their food with fork & knife, you do so. If they eat with hands, you do so. It's not deciding western norms are the standard & disrespecting other cultures' norms by labelling them inferior. Bye white supremacy.
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I can't wait for the day when an elected official is a flop in Africa, they resign. The UK has been changing PMs like underwear & no one is saying the country will burn. Institutions work. Here these people we elected think they're so special we can't have a country without them!
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I had dropped Bolt coz of safety concerns. Also now dropped Uber coz in as much as I support the drivers in their push for better pay, it's a safety concern to be negotiating for price while already on the ride, especially at night. Absolutely no thanks. So using Little Cab now.
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I wish Kenyans would mass unfollow all these paid government mouthpieces who spend their time insulting us. Give them no audience. No following, no RTs, no likes, no responses. Nothing. Make them completely irrelevant here. Wajiongeleshe na huko
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I don't go to men's houses unless I know them well enough. And every time I tell a man that I don't know them well enough to meet anywhere in private, they take offence. "Do I look like a murderer?" Sir please, do murderers have a look? Do they have a smell? Please, bye 😭😭😭
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My Uber driver with the wisdom - "Unatafutanga pesa ndio ikuweke vizuri si ati uiweke vizuri." A banger! 🤣🤣🤣
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You can give yourself a lot of pressure in this town wondering how people are making crazy money and you're not, till you realize they're either just wash wash/corrupt guys or dating those guys. And you're actually not doing too badly in this life with your honest day's work
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These tweets actually get on my nerves because they just prove that almost a decade later it's the same people, same issues, same BS. We have not progressed as a country
The swiftness with which the police have responded to
#AlfredKeter
's misconduct should be replicated in more important public matters .
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I wish Blankets, Koroga, Jazz would make a comeback. I just want to go for daytime concerts, day drink, dance in the sun and be home in bed by latest 10pm. These ones for leaving the house at that 10pm and staying up all night I can barely do anymore 😅
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Only people who've never hit rock bottom can laugh at Omosh. Trust me, hii life haina formula. Leo yeye, kesho wewe. Just be grateful with what you have and show empathy for those who are down
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The best PR strategy in Kenya is to play Christian. Works like a charm. No matter how much you steal or how many people you harm/murder, as long as you claim to be a Christian, you'll be defended for free and your victims dismissed and silenced by the good Lord's foot soldiers
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@Mollage_
I feel like it's flirting with me. This is kinda sweet 😂 Granted, I don't use it much so I'm glad it's positive lol
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Why do politicians & their bloggers keep pushing the narrative that Kenya will burn? Have you seen any violence from Kenyans? Violence has been from the police & paid goons. In Kenya's entire history, violence has been state/politician sponsored! We want actions not more stories!
GEN Z are impatient. They want radical changes. I am certain burning Kenya is not one of them. They are mad. It’s justified. Change is never easy. Change is inevitable. I have confidence
@WilliamsRuto
will do right by this Generation. Lets remind our children patience is a virtue
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The Edgar Obare business model needs to be studied. Other gossip sites had to hire people to do the work and pay for tips/stories. His is completely crowdfunded info, and he makes and keeps all the money. Even the psychology behind people willingly giving free & anonymous labour.
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I can't even explain the level of apathy I have towards these elections. We're stuck in a loop. Same script, same cast but they keep insisting it's a different movie coz they made a few edits. We've already watched this movie. We know how it goes! 😭😭😭😭😭
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We warned one another about letting politicians co-opt this movement. Now you have people like Miguna abusing Hanifa and making up lies about her and installing themselves as leaders. Don't allow it.
#RejectFinanceBill2024
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Coronavirus doing a great job of showing us which countries have good leadership and working systems. You can't politic your way out of it. You're either doing the thing or you're not
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I was in a leadership workshop last week and I was talking about how as a young woman I'm over mentorship that's basically giving me pep talks. I don't need to be told to believe in myself lol. What I need is resources and invites to rooms where things are actually being decided!
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Ewww did the meaning of inspired change? You should be disgusted. Only failed societies have their elderly working and especially doing manual labour
Seeing a 90+ year old mzee working hard with perseverance has left me truly inspired and moved.
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I want to read more books by Kenyan writers this year! Please share your favourite books by Kenyan writers below. And if possible, include where one can get them. Can be any genre. And please if you're a writer, plug yourself we buy 😊
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Listened to a sleep hypnosis recording that put me in the deepest sleep of my life. Cleaning lady, plumber & delivery guy came & knocked & called & called and I heard nothing. Woke up to 19 missed calls, including my sister who was rushing back home thinking I was dead or sth 😭
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You know it's actually ludicrous to see people who've been shouting here about ending police brutality laughing at Edgar Obare. Ending police brutality isn't dependent on the people you like please. It's for every single person in the world. Even the ones you can't stand. Thanks.
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Stop sharing that assault video! You are further retraumatizing the victim, their loved ones and other survivors and aiding the perpetrators. If you are trying to help, use the hashtag being used
#JusticeForBruce
to call for justice for him and all sexual violence victims
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Anyone else notice that the older they get the more good looking they become, or is it just me? 😁
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We were strolling with bae in the CBD the other day and people were really staring. Then it hit me it's coz we were holding hands. Nairobi is a weirdly conservative city considering the shenanigans in it 🤣🤣🤣
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Ati you're afraid to speak up against the Finance Bill because corporates won't want to work with you?! Lol even corporates have spoken up against it my dear so what is your excuse?
#RejectFinanceBill2024
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Look at the material!!!
Congratulations
@theMagunga
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@BintiCheptoo
Wishing you a beautiful marriage full of love! ❤️
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I can understand why non Kenyans really love Kenya, especially Nairobi. All my non Kenyan friends want to either move here or visit more often. Nairobi is great when you have some money. Full enjoyment and dope vibes. But if you don't have money, ni shamba la mawe
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Imagine your doctor not giving you your health files but sending them to your abusive partner. Imagine a hotel selling footage of your assault to your abuser. Diddy couldn't do these things without people willing to do vile things for him. Abusers thrive because of enablers.
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Unpopular opinion - I think you should let your friends know if your spouse/partner reads your messages so they can refrain from sharing things they need to be held in confidence via text and maybe call/tell you in person. I think it's important to honour your friends' privacy.
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This is the video you should be watching (TW sexual violence) and sharing. Hearing from the victim should be enough to get you angry. Honour his courage for speaking out. You don't need to share or watch the video of his violation to be angry and push for justice
#JusticeForBruce
One of the saddest stories I have seen on the internet today.
Mombasa Governor Abdullswamad Nassir's Errand Boys allegedly Sodomised Mombasa based blogger Bruce John for criticising Him.
The Video is Very Disgusting.
This Should go Viral until Bruce John Gets Justice!
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The thing that annoys me about fence sitters is not even the fence sitting. It's not even the cowardice or the pretence at being reasonable/objective. It's the insistence to keep interrupting those who have taken a stand. You are on the fence and still want to take up space?!
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Me I said I'll love people with my whole heart. This thing of half loving in case I'm being clowned is not for me. If I'm made a fool of, that's not on me. That's not a poor reflection of who I am. It says a lot about who they are. And that's not my shame to carry.
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I really love to see women that were mistreated in past relationships find new love that surpasses everything they thought was possible. So beautiful 💕
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The abortion debate is a classed debate. We know that women with means will still get safe abortions. Poor women are the ones who will suffer because their most affordable safe option has been taken away.
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We already struggle regularly accessing green spaces in Nairobi. Uhuru Park is yet to reopen. Now they want to charge Kenyans Ksh 2,000 to access Nairobi National Park? Really? To what end? Am I the only one who is increasingly feeling like an unwanted guest in my own country?
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Basically, the only tickets worth getting to this Boyz II Men gig were VIP and VVIP. Regular is sad. You can't see anything and we are basically in the rain. Anyway, let me get a bottle of gin and watch the small screen and enjoy myself by force 😂😂😂
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Weuh. This thing of infantalizing grown men and casting young girls as Jezebels itakoma. An adult has no business hosting a minor in their home for a romantic rendezvous. Leave children alone or face the consequences. He's even lucky they didn't break his legs first. Nonsense.
Denis Kimani is serving a 15yr term in Naivasha Prison for alleged romantic relationship with an under age girl..he says he never had sex with her and that the girl pushed him to it. Her sisters had him arrested. This case needs a review.
@KindikiKithure
or who should we tag?
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One of my biggest fears is turning into the older woman that hates younger women. Or looks down on or dismisses them. It's been done to me by a number of women I looked up to and it's heartbreaking and I don't want to be that person at all
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Sending everyone on my TL that has lost a loved one, lost their source of income, struggled with their health this year, big hugs. I'm really sorry and I hope life gets kinder 💜
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Rainy Nairobi is only great when you're cozy indoors. Sorry to everyone outside right now 🙏🏾
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Uhuru Park is such an important part of this city! On my way to a restaurant for Christmas lunch with the fam and we passed through the CBD and Uhuru Park is bustling. Let's never lose these few green accessible spaces in Nairobi ✨
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I wish all the entrepreneurs and freelancers on my TL a happy new month filled with clients that pay on time
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I'm terrified esp for young women. They'll be violent towards you if you say no & violent towards you if you say yes. And justify all of it. You went on a date, you deserve it. You refused to go on a date, you deserve it. There's no winning coz patriarchy is violently illogical.
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I hate this so much. Please can we just stop romanticizing the unnecessary death of doctors. He didn't give us his life. He was robbed of it.
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Not shocked by that Nairofey story. Many babes are out here pretending their men are doing things that they're actually doing for themselves. Buying engagement rings, paying vacays, paying rent, buying a car all while saying it's the man while Mr Man is busy cheating &scamming 🤷🏾
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I love these because numbers don't lie! Once you start to see the cost of corruption and the wanton wastage and greed going on in this country, the clarity is unmatched. We are not poor, we are plagued by poor resource management.
#RejectFinanceBill2024
#OccupyParliament
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Debates aren't "equal" when one party has lived experience & the other is arguing from a theoretical POV. So when there's an accusation of the marginalized party being emotional in the debate, it's unfair. Of course, they're emotional. They're debating their humanity. You're not.
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Unfortunately, Kenya's lackluster performance was bound to happen. We've been relying on talent with little investment. That could only go on for so long. And as we continue with poor leadership and investment in the country, watch our neighbours eventually leave us in the dust
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Boniface Mwangi has been consistent. We may not agree on methods but he does the work. People that keep talking money, even if money was given to you, you can't hack! That level of consistency requires stamina, sacrifice & courage. You don't have it, that's why you can only yap!
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Nairobi is a city for the rich. All the plans being made are for those who can afford cars. Everybody else is a nuisance. No matatus in the CBD, lots of busy roads with barely a footpath and general insecurity even during the day if you're on foot
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If you watch the full video, you can see the signs of why she's been cut off. Threatening his partner, threatening to call cops on him, threatening to continue harassing him. And she came with her pastor and a prophet who also repeat the threats. Nah manipulative and blocked.
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Let's be for real, Hanifa is the leader they wish they were. But they can't be even if they tried because that requires integrity and consistency, things they lack. And the fact that she's not even interested in these positions they're jostling for, inawauma
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Making a mockery of the pressures of beauty standards on women, body dysmorphia, death and serious injury from botched plastic surgery to market a mediocre song, is honestly crass.
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Heartbreak has not killed me so I will never limit myself coz of fear when it comes to love. Here we love hard, cry hard kukienda mrama, na tunasonga mbele kama injili
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My favourite part of the "Africans take care of their parents in their home and don't take them to nursing homes" is the loud men with loud opinions who do not do the care giving. I do agree on home care but let's not pretend about who's doing it and what it actually takes
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What I hate about scammers is that they make it really difficult for genuine people who need help to get help. Really unfortunate. And that's why I'm all for them facing the full consequences of their crimes
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Some comments around Eliud not winning are alarming. Alarming because it seems a lot of young people are unaware that no one wins all the time no matter how great they are and that a loss doesn't erase your wins or mean "hang up your boots" but "try again next time". It's life.
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So funny seeing known mean girls laughing about another mean girl. Si at least mjiangalie kwanza? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Aki I'm mostly sad when I'm broke. As soon as money hits the account, nacheka yangu yote
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Everybody rushing home coz no one wants to be caught up in any mess. I really hate this for us. I really hate that this is what elections means. Big anxiety, propaganda, economic loss, threat of violence and exhausting takes that are insulting towards our general intelligence
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Imagine you and your siblings changa money then give it to your uncle who volunteered to go buy food etc but instead he eats it. Then when you confront him, he tells you he's losing his patience and you should be thankful he's talked to the neighbours to give you jobs
#RutoMustGo
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I'm so very sorry to all the people that knew and loved Edwin Chiloba. The brutality, the lack of care with the posts, the hatred. No one deserves this 💔
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If you follow the logic of the advice given on what a woman can do to keep herself from getting killed by a man, the only answer is to not interact with any man at all. In fact, society should be split so that women live separately from men. If it sounds insane, it's coz it is
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Not you Nonini! 🤣 Bro your whole thing was sex and partying. We loved you coz you were uncensored. And if you were truly conversant with Lil Kim's catalogue, you'd know she's not the example you're giving and this video is a homage to her. But misogyny must misogyny I guess 😩
🤭 Cardi B x Megan TS // That video maze Heee!! 😳🤯 We need the true Hip Hop ladies back Lauryn Hill, Da Beat, Lil Kim. Thats a bullshit song and video..
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I'm convinced Elsa's management sees KOT say, "Elsa can't do..." and says bet 😂😂😂😂😂
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I love how we pretend peer pressure is a thing that affects mostly kids when so many adults' lives are modelled under peer pressure. From career to partner choices to clothing and residence to politics and even hobbies. Adults curating their lives for others approval
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Exactly. That's who he always loved. He should have had the balls to push for who he wanted & the Queen should have had the sense to go with it. Instead, they chose to bring a young girl who didn't know what was up into an ugly triangulation mess that ultimately led to her death
Unpopular opinion is that it always should have been Camilla
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I will keep repeating the policies are "privatize" everything and export as much labour as possible because there's no intention to create or support industries here. Just extraction in "partnership" with "investors". Kenya is being stripped for parts
President Ruto: Kenya has the best human capital in the world, we can export it to Germany
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We need to remain clear that the push around
#RutoMustGo
is not just about Ruto the individual, but what he represents - The old guard of Kenyan politics that runs on tribalism, corruption and violence. So spare us the Gachaguas, Wanjigis, Matiang'is etc. You also must go!
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I really hope no one I know asks me to meet up at a restaurant anytime soon. I won't be coming. Please have sense
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Me explaining to the waitress that I'm on a solo date and I actually came here to read a book while I enjoy happy hour. And she's like, "Yenyewe ni vizuri kujipenda." 😂😂😂
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They hate single mothers but love to fraternize with deadbeats. But that's patriarchy 101: Motherhood is only sacred when the woman is claimed by a man, otherwise her and her children are worthless and must be shamed. Because what's the point of men if women raise children alone?
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Every day we see people doing the "What did she do to deserve to be assaulted" dance coz they really believe that there is something you can do that warrants assault. And that is the glaring issue. Sexual assault can never be punishment for done or perceived wrongdoing! Period!
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Again, Kenya does not respect its mothers. A society that respects its mothers will not have women giving birth on the tarmac outside a hospital
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Hope Kid and DK Kwenye Beat need to be held accountable. They raped that girl. It's disgusting that they haven't acknowledged what they did. And DJ Mo and Size 8 jumping in to sanitize them is sickening.
Quoting Bible verses isn't accountability nor is it absolution.
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Missing your disappointing ex coz your current is also disappointing just keeps you in a loop of disappointment. To get out, you must decide you deserve better and start choosing better. Stop revisiting the roster. Delete numbers. Get away from your type. Fresh start babe
We used to be a happy country buana. Sikuizi unaamka kama unachukia kila kitu
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This is unfair to Sifuna, and Kenyans in general, to keep inviting guests to debate issues who are incapable of doing so. Especially when the best they can do is the appeal to age and appeal to tradition fallacies. Meh.
Sifuna: I refused to listen to President Ruto’s lies during the presidential debate.
Mungatana: This isn't an ODM rally, you can’t call the President a liar. Let’s be parliamentary.
Sifuna: We're not in Parliament; this is TV. Speaker Kingi is not here to protect you
#DayBreak
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Comments are killing me. Can the men who do nothing for women and the women who like men who do nothing for them go somewhere else to continue doing a whole lot of nothing together?! Why are you bothered by things you don't do or don't want done for you? Hypotheticalling tu. Lol!
You don’t have to be in a relationship to care for the women who visit you.
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Y'all are too old to spend your days on social media bullying teenagers. If it's not Elsa, it's Azziad. This jealousy is too pathetic now. And clearly misogynistic coz how dare young ladies prosper. Lol. Go eat cement.
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Ati choose better partners lol. Y'all underestimate the capacity of men to be liars. Some of them are so dedicated to playing the part that unless you literally hire a private investigator, you won't find out who you're dealing with. And friends & family cover for them. Wacha tu.
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I need my spiritual people to not relent with the fight in the spiritual plane. This is deep evil we are fighting and we need all hands on deck
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Men do not handle losing money, status and power very well. Most spiral. Especially because their whole identity is so tied to it. And it's terrible.
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Kenyans who are obsessed with "respect" and "politeness" when dealing with wicked people never cease to amaze me. You think people who steal money from the poor/sick/hungry/vulnerable give a damn about respect and politeness and will change coz of it? Power only considers power.
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One of my biggest fears is getting married to my biggest hater. Weuh. Too many people for real don't like their spouses and don't wish them well. Can't imagine sleeping next to that kind of energy every day 😭😭😭
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This Karen Country Club debacle just keeps getting more ridiculous. First, they can't comprehend a joke. Then they can't take a joke. Now, they can't tell a joke. Embarrazzing 🥹🥹🥹
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Imagine denying yourself good things available to you so people can say you're humble. Especially if you're a woman. After this your performance of humility, your wants & needs are still going to be unmet. You're still going to be wondering why others are getting & you're not. 🤷🏾
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Nigerian babes can really dress 🔥
Way better than these your international faves!
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@DonCorleANN
I don't know why but when I read this I thought you were kidding 😂😂😂 It sounds made up
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I am beyond tired of this "tuma fare" lie. Y'all keep saying GBV is because of men "spending" on women and it isn't. Because you're the same ones complaining about and abusing "independent" women who make their own money. What you want is to control women.
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Where is home for women? How many of our mothers, aunts & grandmothers have been disinherited, even violently, especially of land & property by their brothers, uncles or in-laws? We do not belong in our father's house nor in our husband's house. We are forever strangers
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"Please look at me I'm moving in silence. Guys hi excuse me, I'm moving in silence. You guys aren't moving in silence like me who is moving in silence." Moving in silence people are so loud though 😂😂😂
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Some neighbourhood kids were staring at me in the lift and a littu girl tagged at my dress and whispered "you're pwetty" and listen, no one can speak to me ever again. I feel like the most beautiful woman alive 😭😭😭
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I need men to be straightforward. If you're not interested in my business proposal and are instead interested in sleeping with me, say it with your chest so I can cancel the meeting and keep it moving. Let's stop wasting each other's time in 2018 please.
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