One of the reasons I reached out to Ife Agboola is because I see her as someone who though young, leads an inspiring life. At the time of writing this, she is a law student
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BTS Campaign: Beyond Being Plus-Size – Wuraola Bamiduro
I have known Wura since our undergraduate days in Uni. We both studied English in Ife and though our class was a very large one (I think we were about 400), Wura was one of
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BTS Campaign: Beyond a Scarred Arm – Aniema Orok-Umoh
I met Annie through a friend on Twitter. I had tweeted about how I wanted to feature young women who had challenging physical appearances, for my self-esteem development project – young women who despite their
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BTS Campaign: Beyond a Skinny Body – Ayomide David Oyeleru.
Some months ago, Ayomide put up a picture of herself on her Whatsapp story and captioned it ‘layers and layers of insecurity, self esteem issues and depression …’ She went on to write about how
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The Self-Esteem Hangout: What I Taught the Girls on Being Beautiful + Photos + a Big Announcement!
Maybe I should start with the big announcement. As some of you may know, I have been talking about my self-esteem development project for a while now; even announced it on my Instagram and Twitter
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I Love You Babe, But I’m Not You {Or That 1 Thing To Never Define Your Self Worth by.}
You know how we tend to feel very good just by virtue of our association with certain people? especially if they are really influential? Yeah. So for instance, you walk into an event with the
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Don’t Have Much? 4 Ways to Manage Those Few Clothes {& Still Feel Good!}
I don’t pride myself as someone who has too many clothes. Maybe now, I’m a bit better (even though I still never find anything to wear whenever I have an event) but at some point
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1 Year After: Relaunching the #iambeautiful Campaign, Our Self-Esteem Stories & Photos!
Last year, we launched a campaign where a couple of girls (including myself) came out to share stories of the kinds of experiences we get daily based on how we look. We shared how these
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4 Ways {You Don’t Know} Social Media is Affecting Your Self-Esteem
Some weeks ago, a friend of mine edited a picture using Instagram-filters and in her caption, she had called Instagram an app. Then I thought, Instagram is just an app. Instagram really is just an