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By Adhiambo Nyar Asembo 🔅

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i invite you to embody the slut archetype

Society lies to you that having sex is giving yourself away. I believe it is high time we understand this. You are not “giving” anything away when you…

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the drugs did me

“Take these. They’ll help with muscle pain.” Simple. Casual. Trustworthy.

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being a loner is not a crime yho!

Janet Jackson was right… “how empty of me to be so full of you.”

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young lady you're in big trouble!

Oh life! The cards we get dealt!

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you're not privileged, you are assimilated into the system

when you really start to see how many of our beliefs were scripted by outsiders: what we eat, how we pray, who we love, what we fear; it’s maddening.

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Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You?

We’re talking about bad boys. The ones with the worst reputation and the busiest roster. The ones society warns you about, while half the population is…

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are you desensitized and compliant, or aware and overwhelmed?

social media is an environment that we visit. It is a place that we go to and we should be mindful when we go there because it is polluted.

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Every Kenyan Should Read This.

kenyans, the desire for change, and the family system: the idea that private authority structures train people for public authority structures.

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