The Drunken Writer Blog

Feminism and Bey

I’m so happy to be back after so many months, mostly because of procrastination but also because of life challenges. Before I stop digressing, I want to talk about the homecoming video. Beyonce is one hell of diva but a very high symbol of a feminist. Whenever I’m faced with the question of “are you a feminist?” I always take

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Depression, Parents and the 21st Century

In other news, parents can also be a source of depression. Do I sound like a rebel? Misfit Nah… Well your personal opinion. I’m super thankful to be back, and also thankful that mental health awareness is growing in Africa (Nigeria especially). With the most popular being Depression. To be honest, everyone is going through an issue- yours being slightly

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Being the caretaker of the devil’s workshop

There is a popular saying that goes “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop”, but ever thought about what it means to have an idle mind? I had a firsthand experience with mental idleness a couple of months ago. Talking out of my personal experience, I can boldly tell you, I was once an apprentice of the devil. Hold on

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Mind Edibles

What make up a human being are the mind, body and soul. Naturally, the human nature is insatiable, therefore the reason for hunger- in all ramifications.   Today I’m focusing on the mind, because it has what I call- the spinal power of the entirety of the human body.   According to the scriptures, without sounding religious, it’s important to

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Aristos, Runs and other shenanigans

It’s 10pm and my Uber is waiting outside to take me to The George to meet Emma. I’m confused between the silky black dress and the two piece I just got from Wanger Ayu. There is a receipt on my bed detailing how much I have spent just to “look good for Zaddy” but of course, by tomorrow morning I’d

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Can you really make me happy: Is happiness transferable?

These days, self-happiness is way too over exaggerated, that it’s becoming to sound a lot more like selfishness.   Disregard any abnormal interpretation, I’m explaining from the most humane side of me.    Writing this was solely triggered after I had experienced incessant promises and pledges of “I can make you happy”, “let me make you happy”. Which made me “really”

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Feeding the right personality

Just as there are two sides of the coin, so do we have different sides to us. As an individual, we have varying personalities- in the sense that we constantly change, which is solely based on events that have happened to us and our surroundings. A classic illustration would be how you say, “You don’t want to see the other

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Patience: A virtue… really?

Hi, this is an article on patience by the most impatient person in the world. Adding an extra year in age is almost like increasing my intolerance meter… sighs. This topic is also actually an assignment, which was given to me by my Sifu and I have slept too long on it. So I have done my assignment and I’m happy

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SARS

A disastrous acronym A plague of letters A weed that must be uproot Unbranded & Unwarranted They pledge “Federal Republic of Nigeria” Chasing the unseen amongst the seen; Tasteless stupidity Cocking guns and spewing bullets The innocent over the criminal A day will come- Slashed throats and risen bodies And on that day, May the roses bloom high above the

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The Act of Unlearning

Learning is a constant process. To be human and survive, the will to learn must be constant. Now learning requires unlearning, so you can relearn. Unlearning simply means mentally correcting knowledge; the best illustration would be how we have application upgrades, or better still how bills and rules are amended. Those are actual acts of unlearning, because it tweaks with

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