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Innovative Initiatives: Tales by Moonlight

6Dec

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Education, Government, Innovative Initiatives, Media/Culture

Innovative Initiatives: Tales by Moonlight

The Bougie Aunt | Published 12:00 p.m. E.T. December 6, 2020 10 minute read *Innovative Initiatives is my project where I inform y’all of lesser-known enterprises that are positively contributing to an underrepresented field.* TWO YOUNG WOMEN, ONE CLEVER IDEA ‘Tales by moonlight’ is a common Nigerian designation given to stories told during the night hours. However, two young women, Tomisin Opaleye and Zara Akpan, chose to brand themselves with that name when they decided to merge forces. Their desire to collaborate stemmed from their mutual appreciation of poetry, but their intentions behind forming an enterprise incorporated other factors. Before I explain Opaleye’s and Akpan’s objective guiding Tales by Moonlight, it is important to understand their passion for...

Debt Bondage Is Hidden in Plain Sight

The Bougie Aunt | Published 2:00 p.m. E.T. August 19, 2020 10 minute read SUPPORT DEBT BONDAGE WORKERS BY CLICKING ON THE LINKS! WHAT IS DEBT BONDAGE? Debt bondage, also called bonded labor, is where a worker enters themselves into slavery through accepting a loan or falling heir to a debt. When a worker accepts a loan, it is usually through false promises by an employer that the worker can reimburse him/her. However, as time passes, and more debt acquires, workers find themselves in slavery - hidden in plain sight. If the worker was not able to reimburse their employer by their death, usually the employer will pass the debt onto a family member. Thus, making debt bondage generational. HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS TO DEBT BONDAGE Involuntary servit...

Give Black Women Their Credit! : Their Influence in Gynecology

The Bougie Aunt | Published 10:00 a.m. E.T. August 07, 2020 10 minute read SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES/WOMEN WHO ARE RELATED TO THIS ARTICLE *For this article, I will be referring to Africans, African Americans, Blacks, etc. all under the collective term of ‘Black’. Otherwise, it will be confusing trying to explain all the nuances in each. And, this is not the article for that discussion.* HOW THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS NEGLECTING BLACK WOMEN The Black Lives Matter Movement (BLMM) has contributed to an increased awareness of how Black lives are being negatively affected by their needs being not catered to or met. The movement was able to gain great traction within these past months because of the pandemic allowing more peop...