They call them “developing countries” because “countries struggling to recover from being ruthlessly pillaged and systematically destabilized” doesn’t have the same ring.
Bunmi Laditan
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- I’m not a licensed interior designer but I just figured out you can make a room look 30% bigger if you put away the 14 loads of laundry on the floor wow
- How come people who don’t believe in racism always believe in reverse racism? How does that work? That’s like believing in Santa but not in your parents.
- I know as a woman I'm supposed to be afraid of getting older but I love this shit so much. Every year I sink deeper into this bath of unapologetic realness and it's amazing.
- None of us are better than the homeless. We inherit safety nets, we don’t earn them. Shit happens. Give them money if you can. It’s not your business what they use it for.
- Since the world wants to stay a hot ass mess and all my heroes are dead (fuck you, Louis C.K.), going forward all tweets will by Honest Toddler’s black ass mom. If you voted for Trump or think anyone needs a machine gun, get out now cause you’re not gonna like it, boo 😘
- Replying to @mikelivorio_ @oliviabradley88 and @natalieprestonnThe way he snapped when the woman laughed. I’d have extra security on hand for awhile because this kind of man is dangerous when angry. I hope they take this seriously. I can’t see him not tying to get his “power” back.
- If you have an easy firstborn child, don't feel good about yourself. It's a trick from Mother Nature so you, fueled by false confidence, reproduce again. Your second will be a no-limit soldier who likes to slap and doesn't sleep.
- I’m aware of the idea that women shouldn’t talk about periods in public because many men find it disgusting, but I find the everyday behaviour of many men disgusting so I’m gonna go ahead and do what I want.
- Receptionist at pediatrician’s office: Child’s birth date and year? Me, mother of 3: Wow ok I didn’t know there was going to be maths *nervous laughter* let’s see he’s four, it was late April or May, rainy I think, he’s a classic Gemini if that helps, this isn’t in his file?
- I wonder if somewhere there is a unicorn drinking a human frappuccino. Bet it tastes like Netflix and debt.
- Fuck these shadows and the lies they tell, whispering to gentle hearts in their own voice, skewing reality, weighing down spirits until their body becomes the burning building their soul must jump from
- My kid: “Hi Mrs._______.” Adult: “Oh you can call me by my first name it’s fine!” *my kid stares at me in North American* *I stare at her in Nigerian* My kid: “Hi Mrs.______.”
