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Nice Women Don’t Make History, Assertive Women Do.

Happy International Women’s Day! I want to tell a story to honor my grandmother and mother because both women birth the skills and talents…

Mar 8, 2022

Nice Women Don’t Make History, Assertive Women Do.

Mar 8, 2022

Are you strong or in hyper survival mode?

What we are not going to do today is cry. These are the words I thought while cutting up some onions to make breakfast. I had just returned…

Jul 24, 2021

Jul 24, 2021

Why the Strong Black Woman Trope is very Toxic

The strong Black woman trope invalidates Black women. It is a sign that tells Black women they can never be enough. My assumption is that…

Jul 19, 2021

Jul 19, 2021

Confessions of A Recovering Perfectionist.

Perfectionism is a state of seeking completion so much that it paralyzes action. A way to live is to try things and fail. I gained this…

Jun 12, 2021

Jun 12, 2021

Black Lives Matter

Should not be up for debate.

Sep 11, 2020

Black Lives Matter

Sep 11, 2020

Why being Ambitious is not selfish

I used to be in an environment where being ambitious was parallel to being selfish. “Humility” was centered as the antidote to ambition by…

Sep 9, 2020

Why being Ambitious is not selfish

Sep 9, 2020

This advice will help you focus on your goals

Scroll, click, scroll. It’s 10AM and I am on Instagram keeping up with my feed. James won that photography award, “gee I’ve got to hone my…

Jun 4, 2018

This advice will help you focus on your goals

Jun 4, 2018

Love is around you, you just gat to see it

I was sitting in the library on Friday. My stomach was hurting, head was faint, and my mind was racing so I crossed my left leg beneath me…

Apr 22, 2018

Love is around you, you just gat to see it

Apr 22, 2018

Celebrating Beauty: Bukky won’t blink

Why we ask women to be less than themselves I do not understand. When we speak confidently, we are too loud, when we are reserved, we are…

Apr 6, 2018

Celebrating Beauty: Bukky won’t blink

Apr 6, 2018

Celebrating beauty: Her smile changed my world

Victoria’s smile lights up everything around her. I met her at Jumpstart Academy Nigeria, an N.G.O I worked with 4 years ago. She taught…

Mar 21, 2018

Celebrating beauty: Her smile changed my world

Mar 21, 2018

Abimbola Iyun

Abimbola Iyun

Red roses, blue violets, I write about sweet things that matter, a little bit of theory, humor and real words that present what makes us human.

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