Every week, we round up the best tweets revolving around the themes we explore on the blog. Here are some of the tweets we loved from the past week that inspired us, made us laugh, or made us go a-ha.
1.
Nobody has ever died from marrying late.
But I’ve seen many die from marrying wrongly.
— BrightO (@Bright_Uchemadu) August 13, 2020
2.
Even in your activism check you privilege and mind the condescending way you speak to other activists who don’t have the same privileges as you.
— Anansi 🕷🕸 (@Out_lawed) August 22, 2020
3.
every year that passes I cringe about something I used to believe in the year prior and I think that's the way it should be
— Joan Fuck The Police Summers (@joangossips) August 5, 2020
4.
Treat her orgasm as more important than yours. https://t.co/wWsQaJKYm7
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) August 16, 2020
5.
Homophobia is unacceptable! Period
— Son of the Rainbow AKA LGBTQ+ CLASS CAPTAIN🏳️🌈 (@Blaise_21) August 23, 2020
6.
Men demand the right to forgiveness for their exploitation and abuse of women because they do not believe the lasting damage done to their victims’ lives warrants any damage done to their own. Plus, they need a plan B in case they can’t convince you it never happened at all.
— feminist next door (@emrazz) August 23, 2020
7.
Comparison to others can be pretty frickin toxic to one’s mental health. Please go easy on yourself.
— Thomas Sanders (@ThomasSanders) August 23, 2020
8.
As much as some Nigerian men harbor hatred for the voices against rape, inequality and sexual harassment now, I just want them to know that it’s a train that cannot be rolled back. Same way fighting the wind is futile. The world will evolve and so will Nigeria, albeit slowly.
— maryam laushi (@MimieLaushi) August 18, 2020
9.
// THREAD //
Advice for younger trans women who date cis straight men… pic.twitter.com/jzAItMyEwa
— Protect Trans Kids / BLM ✊🏾 (@MunroeBergdorf) August 22, 2020
10.
Fatophiba and skinny shaming are in two different categories for me. Both of them are bad but only one of them is truly systemic
— Justice (@JDaQue2) August 20, 2020
