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Cyber Evangelism: Navigating the Cringe Nature of Religious Social Media Content
Cyber Evangelism: Navigating the Cringe Nature of Religious Social Media Content
Funmi Lijadu14 August 2024
The end of an era: Dyspraxia Foundation closes after decades of disability awareness
The end of an era: Dyspraxia Foundation closes after decades of disability awareness
Funmi Lijadu11 May 2024
Guess who's back! Return of the blog
Guess who's back! Return of the blog
Funmi Lijadu11 August 2023
A visual summary of my dissertation
A visual summary of my dissertation

It all began in my third year of my English Literature undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh...

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Funmi Lijadu25 June 2022
Love Island x Literature: my undergraduate dissertation
Love Island x Literature: my undergraduate dissertation

my full dissertation with a link to download the pdf

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Funmi Lijadu25 June 2022
Lucie’s Bullying Allegation Shows How ‘Niceness’ Silences Black Women
Lucie’s Bullying Allegation Shows How ‘Niceness’ Silences Black Women

Black women are deserving of respect – disrespectful people are not entitled to their niceness.

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Funmi Lijadu1 February 2021
Nollywood and the rise of razz
Nollywood and the rise of razz

The birth of the @nolly.babes instagram account coincided with a cultural shift.

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Funmi Lijadu21 January 2021
"The 'good girl complex' made my relationships one-sided"
"The 'good girl complex' made my relationships one-sided"

Female worth and likability is defined by who we can be to others.

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Funmi Lijadu21 January 2021
Has COVID-19 killed the voluntourism star?
Has COVID-19 killed the voluntourism star?

Western-led interventions on the African continent often appear innocent and well-intentioned. However, they often harm countries within the global south.

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Funmi Lijadu18 September 2020
‘It’s like an invisible war’: Black students on life at a majority-white uni
‘It’s like an invisible war’: Black students on life at a majority-white uni

Despite the typical focus on overt racism, systemic racism at UK universities has not been addressed enough

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Funmi Lijadu21 August 2020
Edinburgh street signs given a Black Lives Matter makeover
Edinburgh street signs given a Black Lives Matter makeover

Dundas Street was transformed into “Emancipation Street”

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Funmi Lijadu7 August 2020
Bridget Jones’ Diary is fat phobic and none of it has aged well
Bridget Jones’ Diary is fat phobic and none of it has aged well

Bridget’s whole life goal is just to lose weight and get a man. Huh?

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Funmi Lijadu7 August 2020
Food security or oil supremacy?
Food security or oil supremacy?

Local led initiatives are just a temporary salve when it comes to Nigeria’s hunger crisis

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Funmi Lijadu7 August 2020
Nigeria’s Culture and Legal System Enables Gender-Based Violence and Female Subjugation
Nigeria’s Culture and Legal System Enables Gender-Based Violence and Female Subjugation

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global issue. Countries all over the world have a long way to go in advocating for the rights of women and adequate punishment of crimes.

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Funmi Lijadu24 July 2020
Recycling, democratised
Recycling, democratised

Just 40% of waste in Lagos was collected when Wecyclers emerged in 2012. Here’s how the organisation is changing things.

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Funmi Lijadu8 June 2020
Don’t let videos of US police brutality fool you, the UK is just as racist
Don’t let videos of US police brutality fool you, the UK is just as racist

People defend free speech to say the n-word but frame anti-racist protests as aggressive

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Funmi Lijadu8 June 2020
The four stages of a midterm crisis at uni inspired by Beyoncé’s Lemonade
The four stages of a midterm crisis at uni inspired by Beyoncé’s Lemonade

A tale of expectations, disappointment and rejection, based on lyrics from Lemonade

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Funmi Lijadu27 May 2020
Here’s what your lockdown baking habits say about you as a person
Here’s what your lockdown baking habits say about you as a person

The global pandemic has led to a baking boom which we’re all witnessing on our social media feeds…

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Funmi Lijadu27 May 2020
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