June 2012
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quintessential-queer asked: Dammit you win! Lol. 49 books? Sheesh lol. Well I guess since alot of those were fiction and I most read non-fiction books.
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May 2012
quintessential-queer:
tranzient:
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Bible
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
Tess of the...
crankyskirt:
I’m not adding to any of the countless Black-USians-versus-Africans posts already floating around (especially because one, like folks have said, it’s weird to me that the appropriation accusation is specifically thrown at Black USians and not, say, Black folks from Canada or Antigua or Venezuela, and two, because while I’m Black and living in the US, I’m first-generation from...
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dannielle:
5 Seconds of Every #1 Billboard Hot...
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Questions!! Naija Version
send me whichever into my inbox!!
I ADDED MORE:
1. What part of Nigeria are you from?
2. How many names do you have? [list them]
3. What do they mean?
4. Last time you went to Nigeria?
5. Last time you got a beating?
6. Favorite insult phase?
7. Most memorable beating?
8. Team Eba, Amala or Iyan?
9. What language do (your family) you speak?
10. Can you speak your language?
11. Can you understand your language?
12. Favorite Nollywood actress?
13. Favorite Nollywood actor?
14. Favorite Nollywood movie?
15. Favorite Nigerian Blog?
16. You sabi pidgin?
17. Can you speak.understand any other Nigerian language besides yours?
18. Jollof Rice or Fried Rice?
19. Did you spend this last new year's eve in church?
20. Last time you attend a Nigerian party?
21. Favorite Nigerian food?
22. Favorite Nigerian drink?
23. Funny story about Nigeria?
24. Do you miss Nigeria?
25. How many traditional clothes do you have?
26. Favorite Naija song(s)?
27. Fvaorite Naija artist(s)?
28. Any annoying nicknames given to you by relatives or any other relatives?
29. What do you love most about Naija?
30. If you could change 1 thing, what would you change about Nigeria?
31. Last time time you talked to someone from Nigeria?
32. Were you named after anyone?
33. Planing to go back to Nigeria soon?
34. Would you rather reside here or Nigeria?
35. Do you miss anyone in Nigeria?
36. Do you know how to cook Nigerian foods?
37. What reminds you of Nigeria?
38. Your top 10 favorite places in Nigeria
39. A picture of you in your traditional clothing.
40. Favorite family member (relative)
41. Favorite Nigerian proverb
42. Traditional wedding or White wedding?
43. Have you ever ridden an okada?
44. Can you dance?
45. What is your favorite traditional names(s)
46. Girls-Any Nigerian boy you'd date on here?
47. Boys-Any Nigerian girl you'd date on here?
48. Last time you got a lecture from your parents-what for?
49. What word do you use often? (e.g- abeg, tcheww, chai, oya..etc.)
50. Scariest thing your parents have threatened to do to you?
51. How many times have your parents threatened to send you back to Nigeria
52. Can you find phone cards laying around your house?
53. Are you the human dishwasher for your family.
54. Name the first 5 Nigerian songs that come to mind.
55. Which of your Nigerian followers would you like to meet in person?
56. Meat or fish?
57. Will your children have traditional Nigerian names?
58. Do you have a family member/relative that owns a shop? Who?
59. Do you have a family member/relative who is a nurse? Who?
60. Do you have a family member/relative that lives in London?
61. Have you ever been beaten by an elder that was not your parent?
62. Favorite Naija pickup line?
63. Make up a Nigerian romance line (e.g- you are my generator when they take light)
64. Favorite church song (e.g- follow the ladder)
65. Mr Biggs or McDonalds?
66. Last time you had suya?
67. Did your parents have special devices (belts or slippers etc..) that they used to beat you?
68. Have you ever hidden the beating devices in your house from your parents?
69. Describe what Nigeria means to you in 5 words or less.
70. Have you ever stolen meat from the pot?
71. When was the last time you were volunteered as the cleanup service for a party?
72. Can you list 10 tribes in Nigeria?
73. What was most often used by your parents to beat you?
74. Did your parents ever have the sex talk with you?
75. Do you have a "phone voice"
76. Greatest lesson your parents have ever taught you?
77. One place in Nigeria you really want to visit?
78. Why?
79. Have you ever had a maid and or driver?
80. Last time you found out about a new relative you had?
81. Last time you found something that wasn't ice-cream in the ice-cream container?
82. Does your mom have more than one fridge/freezer in your house?
83. Last time you forgot to greet an elder?
84. What happened?
85. Last time you ate rice?
86. Can you tell the difference between normal jollof rice and party jollof rice?
87. If you were told that you would be leaving for Nigeria tomorrow, how would you react?
88. Last time you heard a "when i was your age" speech?
89. Do you ever plan on moving back to Nigeria?
90. Meat pie or puff-puff?
91. Cowbell, Nido or Peak?
92. Ovaltine or Milo?
93. Last time you washed clothes with your hands?
94. Favorite memory in Nigeria?
95. If you could have anything from Nigeria brought here, what would it be?
96. Ever been beaten with the fufu stick?
97. Last time you parents threw you a birthday party?
98. Picture of you when you were little?
99. Have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night to greet a relative on the phone?
100. Least favorite form of punishment?
101. Recent picture of yourself
102. How many times have you been to Nigeria?
103. Favorite Nigerian snack?
104. Have your parents ever had more friends of theirs at your party than you have?
105. Have you ever been late to your own party?
106. Girls- Can you tie a gele?
107. What do [bawoni], [kedu] and [sannu] mean?
108. Can you open a bottle with your teeth?
109. Why do you like being Nigerian?
110. Are you a proud Nigerian?
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At this very moment, I don't give a fuck about
eclecticspectrum:
The diasporic peoples feelings when it comes to connecting to African history and culture.
And maybe that may change in the next couple of days but right now I don’t care. I don’t care about folks feeling lost and hurt right now.
Too many of you think that your feelings need to be catered to by African peoples failing to realize that my culture is being commodified and...
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I just want to shout out @eclecticspectrum
dassitright:
cosmicyoruba:
ingilwetrust:
who seriously fucking had more patience that anyone I know, to be able to reply to some of the ignorance she is receiving. Seriously, some people are living a mythical land that hasn’t moved since the first Portugese ship got to the shores of the Gold Coast. Many people on this site and in the world, are working on levels on some next congnitive...
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dassitright:
western anthropology wears me the fuck out. that, tourism and archaeology. they are such intrusive forms of ‘exploration’ that mostly cater to white/western interests, and are, for the most part, extensions of white/western exploration/exploitation and colonialism.
digging up and disturbing the dead, whilst killing the living (en masse) who could’ve told you all the shit you wanted...
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“she stuck a bookmark
in my heart
and walked away”
– saul williams (via queerfatfemme)
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TW
bad-dominicana:
hiphopcheerleader:
i already assume every man trying to talk to me on the street is a rapist.
first of all, i’ve been told my many people (these creepers included) that i look mean when I’m walking alone, which is probably a subconscious defense mechanism, yet they try to talk to me anyway. i have earphones in, yet they try to talk to me anyway. they are obviously not worthy...
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cosmicyoruba:
ingilwetrust replied to your post: For real?
Their flawed logic actually overwhelms me. But white ppl travelling in other countries and talking about their “treatment” always makes me want to hit my head against a wall.
Tell me about it.
It is almost like they are eager to claim discrimination of any kind, I guess in an attempt to downplay their privilege.
Like “see we...