#Herstory #UnDíaComoHoy
#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie (Abba, Enugu, 15 /9/1977) es una #escritora, #novelista y #dramaturga #feminista nigeriana. Nació en la aldea de Abba, quinta hija del matrimonio de etnia igbo formado por Grace Ifeoma y James Nwoye Adichie. Pasó su infancia en la ciudad de Nsukka, sede de la Universidad de Nigeria. Su madre fue la primera secretaria de admisiones de la Universidad de Nigeria donde su padre era profesor de estadística. A los 19 años se trasladó a EEUU con una beca de 2 años para estudiar comunicación y ciencias políticas en la Universidad Drexel, Filadelfia. Posteriormente continuó sus estudios en la Universidad Estatal del Este de Connecticut, en la que se graduó en 2001. Ha realizado estudios de escritura creativa en la Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, y un máster de estudios africanos en Yale. Los temas que trata Adichie van desde el #feminismo a la inmigración y del #sexismo a la problemática racial. Su obra Todos deberíamos ser feministas (#WeShouldAllBeFeminist) es su primer ensayo y ha vendido más de medio millón de ejemplares. En 2003, mientras se estudiaba en Connecticut, publicó su primera novela, La flor púrpura, que fue muy bien recibida por la crítica y por la que recibió el Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book en 2005. La acción de su segunda novela, Medio sol amarillo (2006), así titulada en referencia al diseño de la bandera de la efímera nación de Biafra, se desarrolla durante la guerra civil nigeriana. La obra obtuvo el Orange Prize for Fiction en 2007. En 2009 publicó una colección de relatos breves, titulada The Thing Around Your Neck. Cuatro años más tarde lanzaba Americanah, que mereció el Premio del Círculo de Críticos Nacional del Libro. Su best-seller, Americanah (2013) será adaptado en miniserie coproducida por las actrices Lupita Nyong'o y Danai Gurira. Actualmente vive en Nigeria. Además imparte talleres de escritura creativa, y en los EEUU. En 2021 fue reconocida por la BBC como una de las 100 Mujeres (BBC) inspiradoras e influyentes de todo el mundo. #efemérides #educarenigualdad #educarenfeminismo #schooloffeminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CihUKD_jikU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m kicking off November by sharing my latest collection of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books. These strikingly elegant covers emulate popular Nigerian fabrics. These particular books are limited editions and are available via @houseofzabadi. They only have a few left in stock so if you are interested, you should contact them ASAP. Do you have a favourite @chimamanda_adichie book? . . . . . . . #americanah #purplehibiscus #halfofayellowsun #thatthingaroundyourneck #chimamandangoziadichie #blackwomenwriters #weshouldallbefeminists #blackliterature #blackauthorsmatter #booksthatmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/B4U5DADnXVn/?igshid=1ro1foosl62e6

Un corto discurso lleno de ejemplos que resuenan a través de continentes. Todas hemos vivido lo que ella nos cuenta, ninguna se lo merece. Es un llamado a la acción. #weshouldallbefeminists @chimamanda_adichie (en Desde Bogotá) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5bSf2PpDgN/?igshid=cqi5nf6ejlm6

Growing up African in America...⁣ ⁣ Drop a comment or your flag if you can relate ⁣ ⁣ Model 💎: @iammayablaq⁣ 🎥🎥: @director.abbstract⁣ Vocal Excerpt: @chimamanda_adichie⁣ 🗣🗣 "We Should All Be Feminist "⁣ ⁣ #ghana⁣ #nigerian⁣ #africanmodel⁣ #njmodel⁣ #wearejerseydiamondz⁣ #beastcoastfilmz⁣ #chimamandangoziadichie⁣ #weshouldallbefeminists⁣ #feminist⁣ #africanculture⁣ #ghanamodel⁣ #african⁣ #jersey⁣ #modelvideo⁣ #nymodel⁣ #atlmodel⁣ #modelscout⁣ #shorthair⁣ #baddie⁣ #wcw⁣ #art (at Ghana-West Africa.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cUcGVBSoh/?igshid=b0qhntgij31t

Het was me het feministische weekendje wel: donderdag mijn lezing mogen geven over vrouwenkiesrecht @stadsarchief en zaterdag naar de femmes fatales tentoonstelling @gemeentemuseum. Dank aan de jonge historici en iedereen die langskwam om te luisteren! #weshouldallbefeminists #womenshistorymonth #alettaforlife (bij Amsterdam City Archives) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvJomLIHgZ8_sG2ETgl3Ddp6x3jBHGLolrMelA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2wnkq5u2xuq4

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful; otherwise you will threaten the man. If you are the breadwinner in your relationship with a man, pretend that you are not, especially in public, otherwise you will emasculate him. But what if we question the premise itself: Why should a woman’s success be a threat to a man? Because I am female, I’m expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Marriage can be a good thing, a source of joy, love, and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage, but we don’t teach boys to do the same? A las niñas les enseñamos a encogerse, a hacerse más pequeñas. A las niñas les decimos: Puedes tener ambición, pero no demasiada. Debes intentar tener éxito, pero no demasiado, porque entonces estarás amenazando a los hombres. Si tú eres el sostén económico en tu relación con un hombre, finge que no lo eres, sobre todo en público, porque si no lo estarás castrando. Pero ¿qué pasaría si cuestionáramos esa misma premisa? ¿Por qué el éxito de una mujer ha de ser una amenaza para un hombre? Como soy mujer, se espera de mí que aspire al matrimonio. Se espera de mí que tome decisiones en la vida sin olvidar nunca que el matrimonio es lo más importante. El matrimonio puede ser bueno, una fuente de placer, amor y apoyo mutuo. Pero ¿por qué enseñamos a las niñas a aspirar al matrimonio pero a los niños no? #weshouldallbefeminists #chimamandangoziadichie #blackandwhite #photos #esmejordarksquerecibirks https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmmPaqhr6X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gjzr5ex4f6p

Baby X < Baby Y

I have written this post about a hundred times before in my head, but I always decided not to post it. I felt like I didn’t have the right to talk about discrimination or racism, since I have benefited from white privilege for a huge part of my life. I first learned about the ugly reality of discrimination and racism when I met my husband, who had experienced this for his whole life, and learned how harsh and narrow-minded people are as soon as I began wearing my hijab (headscarf). Today, I decided that I do want to share my thoughts and experiences with you, because I am fed up and want people to simply know.

When you ask people about discrimination, you always get the same answer: “It’s awful!” and “I don’t do it.” Sturdy and clear. But why is it then, that even in their most vulnerable times of their lives, racism is something women of color have to worry about? Why is it then, that highly educated and seemingly just people like doctors choose to discriminate and be racist? I’m going to tell you about a night shift I worked in my second year of midwifery training that I’ll never forget- for all the wrong reasons.

The night shift had been rather calm. There were two women in labour, both about to meet their firstborn. One of the women was African (let’s call her ‘lady X’), the other Caucasian (I will be referring to her as ‘lady Y’). Lady X didn’t speak Dutch, as she just got here a few months ago, lady Y was right there in her hometown and surrounded by familiars. The births both weren’t going very smooth. Lady X’s baby was in serious distress: it’s heart monitor showed that a caesarean section was the only way to get out safely. It was a matter of minutes that could determine both baby’s and mother’s life or death. It was serious, yet no one told her and she labored through the contractions bravely. Lady Y had been laboring for a long time, close to 24 hours, and still wasn’t fully dilated. She had asked for a caesarean section as she was tired and felt she couldn’t do it anymore. Her baby was doing perfectly fine, as it’s heart monitor showed, and there was no sign that any rush was needed.

The gynaecologists sat calmly in their observation room, drinking their coffee or whatever it was they were drinking, and talking about the current events in the delivery ward. As it was such a calm night shift, there was only one team available to perform C-sections. Thus, only one woman could be helped in the operation room to deliver her baby at the time. I remember feeling agitated: why were they so calm when it was clear that one baby was experiencing serious stress? As a young student, I thought they probably knew better and that I was probably exaggerating. Until I heard the following conversation:

Dr. 1: “Who are we going to do first?” (why was that even a question?!?!) Dr. 2: “I guess we’ll do lady Y first, she’s been at it longer.” (still, lady Y’s baby was doing great) Nurse: “Sir, have you seen lady X’s heart monitor?” (clearly worried) Dr. 1: “Yeah, yeah…” Dr. 2: “She doesn’t understand anyway.” And they both walked to the operation room and calmly operated on lady Y while lady X’s baby was fighting for it’s life.

I am glad to tell you that both babies were born alive and left the hospital healthy and well, and both ladies were in cloud nine with their bundle of joy as they recovered from this serious operation. But this situation never left my mind ever since. I wish I had the courage to speak up to the nasty doctors, but I didn’t. It breaks my heart to know that women are treated this badly, and that racists like these basically determine whether your baby lives or dies- sometimes even without their mothers realizing. This needs to stop. That’s why we should all be feminists.

Feminism is Equality. Nothing more, nothing less.

《We spend too much time teaching girls to worry about what boys think of them. But the reverse is not the case. We don’t teach boys to care about being likable. We spend too much time telling girls that they cannot be angry or aggressive or tough, which is bad enough, but then we turn around and either praise or excuse men for the same reasons.》 #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie in #WeShouldAllBeFeminists . . 🎵Thought Contagion - Muse . . #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerdigans #igersportugal #myeverydaymagic

Just listened to @chimamanda_adichie TED talk again “We should all be Feminists”. Love it, so true and delivered with so much wit 🙌🏾#internationalwomensday . . #weshouldallbefeminists #chimamandangoziadichie #women #blackwomen #africanwomen #feminism #womensrights #timesup #writer #inspiration #storyteller #nigerian #styleinspo #fashionista #africcanfashion #apif #apifrocks

പലപ്പോഴും ശരി, തെറ്റ് ഏത് എന്ന് സംശയം തോന്നിട്ടുള്ള, ന്യായങ്ങൾ കണ്ടെത്തി രക്ഷപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുള്ള ഒത്തിരി അവസരങ്ങൾ മനസ്സിൽ തെളിയുന്നു. പല കാര്യങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചുമുള്ള അറിവില്ലായ്മ എന്നെ bother ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. ആ അറിവില്ലായ്മ ആവണം വ്യക്തമായ നിലപാടുകൾ എടുക്കുന്നതിൽ നിന്നോ എഴുതുന്നതിൽ നിന്നോ എന്നെ അകറ്റി നിർത്തിയിരുന്നത്. But the good thing is you can always grow up to be better, you can always learn things you don't know. This book is a must must read or hear and this is not just meant for women but for all. You might get answers to many things you didn't know. #weshouldallbefeminists #writingcommunity #booklovers #booksuggestions #answers #explanation #bookstoberead #writersofinstagram #writersofig #feminism #storytel #audiobooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CO9nt4fJqI1/?utm_medium=tumblr

My fave #secondhand tee was hiding in my closet 😍 Thanks @vestiaireco 👊🏻 (Please Ignore my weird #facialexpression 😅🙈) #outfit #weshouldallbefeminists #christiandior #iconic #fashion #mystyle #givenchy #paigedenim #selfie #style #sekamelska #hashtaghashtaghashtag (paikassa Ullanlinna)

Books on the beach. 🌊

Fière d'être une femme! Fière d'être une Polonaise! Je soutiens les femmes qui sont en train de se battre dans toutes les villes de Pologne contre le gouvernement et ses lois abusifs interdisant l'avortement même dans les cas les plus extrêmes. #strajkkobiet #tojestwojna #grevedesfemmes #cestlaguerre #solidaritepologne #humanrights #womensupportingwomen #womenstrike #thisismybody #weshouldallbefeminists https://www.instagram.com/p/CHS9mXlgpzw/?igshid=1p4oclalbd8uu

we should all be feminists by lajudy featuring wide leg jeans ❤ liked on Polyvore

MANGO cotton t shirt, $22 / Chen Peng puffer jacket / Koché wide leg jeans, $455 / Havva leather ankle boots, $760 / Anthropologie We Should All Be Feminists

some great feminist books that i have read & have yet to read 💃🏼 definitely recommend We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, it’s fantastic! #weshouldallbefeminists #chimamandangoziadichie #badfeminist #roxannegay #feminism #feminist #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookpic #booktography #reading #bibliophile #currentlyreading #igreads #booknerd