Tag: sex

  • After Lady Dandbury: For Wives Whose Gardens Never Bloomed

    After Lady Dandbury: For Wives Whose Gardens Never Bloomed

    What if marriage as a tool to preserve chastity is just a myth we sell ourselves? So much has been opined about the character of the young Lady Dandbury in the weeks since Netflix/Shondaland’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton story was released. And while I may have a great many opinions — on the make-up choices…

  • Three Myths Driving Our Opposition to Sex Ed

    Three Myths Driving Our Opposition to Sex Ed

    Recently, Nigerian lawmakers have spent their time and presumed legislative acumen, paid for by tax money of a citizenship beleaguered by a current economic crisis, arguing about occurrence of the word ‘gay’ (in its original context, ‘happy’) appearing in a nursery primer book. Now, as a middle-aged person raised on said primer (that’s how long…