As April bows out (with questionable grace), we’re serving a masterclass in audacity, because why whisper when you can roar? This issue is a love letter to women who rewrite rules without permission.
Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who weaponized politeness to broker the Paris Agreement, teaches us that “scarves are the new power suits.” Meanwhile, our ‘Men’s Corner’ dismantles the myth that ecoconsciousness emasculates, reminding men that “the climate crisis won’t be solved by flexing SUVs, but by flexing integrity.”
From Black women reclaiming SPF (no more ashy compromises!) to Sola Adesakin proving wealthbuilding is divine and strategic, we’re celebrating those who “make ‘impossible’ a negotiable term.”
But let’s get personal. Our anonymous Journal Confession, “I’ve spent a decade being the second best version of myself”, will gut you. Because haven’t we all dimmed our light to fit someone else’s
socket?
So here’s your May manifesto: Take up space. Demand sunscreen that doesn’t ghost you. Redefine productivity (napping counts). And remember: the world needs your unedited voice, not the palatable one.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
LADY MAY IKEORA-AMAMGBO (PHD)