From Group Chats to Lifelines, Modern Sisterhood as Love
By Ikupolusi Ariyike Once upon a time, love stories were told almost exclusively through grand romance gestures, fairy-tale endings, and the promise of “happily ever after” wrapped up in another person. But for many women today, some of the deepest, most sustaining love doesn’t arrive with flowers or vows. It comes in group chats, voice […]
Wearing Black in the Sun Is Not the Villain You Think It Is
By Daniel Agusi We have all heard it before. “Why are you wearing black in this heat?” “You will sweat more.” “The sun will double the heat on you.” For many of us, wearing black outdoors feels like breaking an unspoken rule. Black is blamed for discomfort, sweat, and instant regret the moment the sun […]
Romantic Love Is Overrated. Community Love Is Undervalued.
By Ifeanyi’s Daughter Every February, love is reduced to a single story. It is presented as romance. As desire. As partnership. As something that happens between two people and is validated by flowers, dinners, and public affirmation. For a brief moment each year, love is framed as something soft, beautiful, and private. Everything else fades […]
THE MANY FACES OF HER: LETTERS WRITTEN IN LOVE TO THE WOMAN BECOMING
By Francisca Sinjae February is loud about love. It sells it in red boxes, ties it with ribbons, and insists it must be dramatic, romantic, and visible. Love, according to February, should arrive with flowers, witnesses, and proof. But this letter is not for that kind of love. This is not a love letter to […]
Unpaid Care Work: The Economy Women Keep Running for Free
By Tom Boyd Every day, millions of women wake up and go to work without clocking in. They cook. They clean. They care for children, elders, relatives, neighbours, and sometimes entire households. They organise lives, manage emotions, and keep families functioning. And when the work is done, there is no paycheck, no pension, no promotion, […]
Women’s Health Investment Outlook 2026: Why Only Six Percent of Funding for Nearly Half the Population Matters
By Tilly Boateng In January 2026, the World Economic Forum published a landmark report titled Women’s Health Investment Outlook: 6% of Funding for Nearly 50% of the Population that exposes one of the most significant and persistent inequities in global health. The report reveals that women’s health receives just six percent of private healthcare investment […]
Esther Perel and the Truth About Love We Have Been Avoiding
By Sipho Khumalo If love were simple, Esther Perel would not be one of the most sought after voices of our time. Yet here we are, entering another Valentine season, still confused, still longing, still searching for language that can explain why intimacy feels harder in a world that claims to be more connected than […]
Why Do We Treat Love Like Ownership Instead of Partnership?
By Ifeoma Udu Somewhere along the line, love started sounding like real estate. People do not just fall in love anymore. They claim. My man. My girl. My person. My wife. Somewhere between childhood fairytales and adult situationships, society decided that affection should come with a tiny invisible “Property Of” tag. From childhood, we are […]
A Married Man Asked Me Out for Valentine’s, and I Don’t Know What to Do
By Anonymous I never imagined I would find myself weighing morality against survival, yet here I am, staring at my phone and rereading a message I never asked for but somehow cannot ignore. A married man has asked me out for Valentine’s Day, and what makes the situation unbearable is not just the fact that […]
LOVE, IN ITS QUIET FORMS
By Francisca Sinjae Women love in ways that rarely ask for applause. Not because their love is small, but because it is precise. It lives in places that don’t photograph well: the pause before a reply, the habit of staying late, the instinct to remember what someone else forgets. Women love in gestures so ordinary […]