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Abimbola Iyun

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…

3 min readMar 8, 2022

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

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

4 min readJul 24, 2021

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

6 min readJul 19, 2021

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

6 min readJun 12, 2021

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Abimbola Iyun

Black Lives Matter

Should not be up for debate.

2 min readSep 11, 2020

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Black Lives Matter

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

4 min readSep 9, 2020

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Why being Ambitious is not selfish

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

4 min readJun 4, 2018

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This advice will help you focus on your goals

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

3 min readApr 22, 2018

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Love is around you, you just gat to see it

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

3 min readApr 6, 2018

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Celebrating Beauty: Bukky won’t blink

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Abimbola Iyun

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…

2 min readMar 21, 2018

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Celebrating beauty: Her smile changed my world

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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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