The 2019 Pride Lagos Creative Enterprise Week will take place from the 3rd to 9th of November 2019. The weeklong event encourages entrepreneurial activity, teaches skills and builds networks. It’s a great way for you to learn and network to reach new audiences and inspire the next generation of creative businesses. There are three ways for you to be part of this inaugural event: Register to attend. Visit www.lagoscreativeenterpriseweek.org/ to register. Sponsor the event. You can sponsor the event and promote your products or services. As a sponsor, you will be listed as such on our website, with your logo on all…
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The days of boring suits are long gone as a new fashion era charts in neon colours. This trend which can be spotted a mile away – literally – is dramatic and not for the faint-fashion-hearted. (So if you are stuck in your neutral-coloured world, you might want to prep yourself before you get on this trend train.) Your favourite fashion bloggers and celebrities have been spotted on Instagram donning an array of colourful suits. Take a cue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Oseh (@theladyvhodka) on Mar 17, 2019 at 2:02pm PDT …
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Styles (@ankarastyles) on May 31, 2019 at 1:21am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Styles (@ankarastyles) on…
Andrea Waling, La Trobe University Why do men send dick pics? Some research and popular commentary suggests it is for reasons of narcissism and over-confidence. Some men no doubt send them in the hopes of receiving a nude photo in kind, or because they genuinely believe that’s what women desire. Dick pics are widely considered a form of technology-facilitated sexual violence, misogynistic and a sign of sexual pathology in the form of flashing/exhibitionism (disgraced US congressman Anthony Weiner comes to mind here). However, research by myself and Tinonee Pym has uncovered a more complicated picture. Looking at social media, digital…
Jelena Kecmanovic, Georgetown University More than one-third of American adults view social media as harmful to their mental health, according to a new survey from the American Psychiatric Association. Just 5% view social media as being positive for their mental health, the survey found. Another 45% say it has both positive and negative effects. Two-thirds of the survey’s respondents believe that social media usage is related to social isolation and loneliness. There is a strong body of research linking social media use with depression. Other studies have linked it to envy, lower self-esteem and social anxiety. As a psychologist who…
Robin R. Means Coleman, Texas A&M University In the horror genre, black is definitely back. The movie “Ma,” which premieres on May 31, will star Academy Award winner Octavia Butler as Sue Ann, a lonely middle-age woman who clings to a group of teens to the point of obsession. “Ma” comes on the heels of Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed “Us,” which is also led by an Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong’o. And let’s not forget that Peele’s previous film, “Get Out,” won the Academy Award for best screenplay last year. Black actors have always had a role in horror films.…
Dulini Fernando, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The #MeToo movement has led to women the world over coming forward with stories of harassment. This issue is not confined to a single company or industry. It is an endemic problem which spreads far beyond the cases of sexual abuse that hit the headlines sporadically. In my research, I have spoken to women in many industries who have suffered some form of sex-based harassment in the workplace – from sectors that are much more male-dominated like engineering to more supposedly “enlightened” environments such as academia. Sex-based harassment includes sexual harassment, but…
My darling daughter, Life is what you make of it and without living it you cannot learn how to do, or be better. Many times during the course of your life you may have cause to use these words: ‘If only’, ‘I wish’, ‘Maybe if’, ‘Had I known’ to express regret for things that you’d like to change about your past or present. Thinking about your life and what should have been different is normal. Yes, there will be many times when you’ll wish things turned out different. However, your mistakes and miss-steps should serve as lessons to help you…
In the past, the former rapper and now businesswoman, Mocheddah, was featured as our Woman Crush Wednesday for her previous ventures; today she takes the spotlight for her active support of issues bordering mental health and being a propeller of its awareness. Armed with her personal experience, Mocheddah started a mental health page on Instagram aimed at addressing mental health issues while providing subsidized mental healthcare in Nigeria. View this post on Instagram Today was nothing short of amazing , I am thankful to every single person that showed up for us and themselves. This is the beginning…
“It’s frustrating because you can’t say someone is unhealthy and should lose weight without people thinking you’re body shaming them.” I watched as my friend who is a medical doctor expressed his frustration. He recently shared a tweet from a medical perspective addressing the health complications of unhealthy weight gain and to his surprise, the responses were quite defensively forceful with erroneous labels to his person. Today, the fear of sharing truth-based information is on an all-time high. It’s no news that today’s world is riddled with bullies and anonymous trolls who take pleasure in faceless attacks, hence the importance…