Exorcising the heteronormative ghost from Afropolitan futures
By Anima Adjepong Recently, I was re-watching Nicole Amartefio’s creative show, An African City. The show follows the lives…
HOLAA Loves: Kawira and friends’s erotic creations (stickers, colouring books and more!)
Over the years we have stumbled upon some pretty cool people, doing some pretty funky things and one…
Should women #LayATowelDown and have sex during their period?
Full disclosure: My period has been whack in 2016. It’s been a gauge for stress levels, fitness and…
Why you can trust Sex Positive Feminists with the #AfriFem Revolution- #BlackFeminisms
Recently I once had, what can only be termed, as a head to head with some fellow African feminists. Talking…
Qu’est-ce qu’une lesbienne? (What Is A Lesbian)
This is a piece from our publication called Emergence download it here. Here is the English version. C’est quoi…
What is a lesbian?
‘What is lesbian now?’ With this phrase you feel the need to begin explaining to your grandmother about…
HOLAA Loves: Sarah Waiswa: A Good African Child, Creating for Yourself and the Juice
Sitting across the graceful, majestic-in-height and simply stunning award-winning photographer Sarah Waiswa is recharging the self. As an…
Consent
Disclaimer: Littered with triggers. In South Africa, the continuous occurrences of rape and sexual assaults are impossible to…
Curiosity not (always) condemnation: On the freeing potential of queerness
By Anima Adjepong In my last essay, I discussed a comment I overheard from a Ghanaian woman who…
A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
You’re telling your own story: You graduated college and you’re a grown-ass woman now. Tina Fey is your…