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@karimiBeryl

Writer. Journalist. Communications Strategist. Brand Strategist. Product Manager. I write political economy and social commentary at La Patrona on Substack.

open.substack.com/pub/lpatrona

Born July 13

Joined November 2018

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@karimiBeryl
Apr 25
Law and medicine are professions that work within a public trust contract. When creating a brand, you must treat communication as a science and a discipline to avoid putting your profession into disrepute and ruining your credibility, together with that of your colleagues. 1/
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@karimiBeryl
Sep 18, 2025
And that's fine as well. Healing arrives for everyone. One day it is "no contact" and then one year later, you can't remember why you liked them in the first place. There's no shame in being attached to another person. Human attachment is a core part of being human.
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@fvckfemi_
Sep 18, 2025
for you it's "no contact" for him it's a normal day😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@karimiBeryl
Nov 17, 2023
Abuse is community effort. Abusers would not be so brazen if they were working alone. They are as brazen as they are bcos they know they have a whole community of pple behind them. They exist as they do bcos they know their victims are always going to be bullied for speaking up.
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@karimiBeryl
Aug 9, 2025
If you knew how expensive treating mental health is, you would never play with your sanity. We live in a country that doesn't prioritize mental health. If your family cannot afford to pay 30k per night at one of those private clinics, leave tripping/spirituality alone.
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@karimiBeryl
Jun 9, 2025
Nothing teaches you the importance of community like losing a parent. It happens, and before you know it, there's a tent outside, women in the kitchen making tea, a WhatsApp group, and a committee that has agreed on when they’ll be meeting every evening.
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@karimiBeryl
Aug 11, 2025
Naomi has lived with depression since the 2018 US Open, long before the baby or her relationship with that man, but they ignore that as well bcos recognizing her humanity in its fullness would mean they can't use her name as a cautionary tale when spreading anti-baby propaganda.
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@naledimashishi
Aug 10, 2025
I hate the way people talk about Naomi Osaka when she’s made it very clear she chose to be a mother and her baby is a source of joy for her. Completely erasing her agency to make a weird “gotcha” point
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@karimiBeryl
Sep 23, 2025
But Netflix and chill and sex (at your place) is an okay first date with a STRANGER. Ok 👍🏾
Wow, He’s Tsonga!
@_aboihasnoname
Sep 21, 2025
Women be wanting big dates right from the go. Bro you is a STRANGER. 😭
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@karimiBeryl
Oct 21, 2025
No one knows how to handle depression better than a person who's never struggled to a point of seeking psychiatric help.
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@sam_niac
Oct 20, 2025
you are not depressed. You just need structure, gym, sunlight & some damn money.
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@karimiBeryl
Jun 25, 2025
I just found out a protestor was raped and something in me broke. I do not have any words. I just have grief. Grief for the victim. Grief for the women of this country. I am so sorry 💔
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@karimiBeryl
Nov 25, 2023
The problem with most of you all is that you view sex as something men do to you, or something they take away from you, and not as a physical activity you actively participate in.
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@naylashay_
Nov 23, 2023
Casual sex does not benefit women
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@karimiBeryl
Oct 12, 2025
The worst man you can possibly date is the one who could not pull babes when he was young/broke. They come with low self esteem, an identity crisis, and the personality of a wet sponge. Godspeed to anyone who will end up with this kind 👇🏾
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@TumukundeTT
Oct 11, 2025
My brothers in Law school, if she doesn’t like you at Law School, read hard, work smart and make money. You will grow younger, she will grow older a bit. You can now attack. Never regret at LLB. Joy comes after LDC.
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@karimiBeryl
Jun 21, 2025
Most people will tell you they are still depending on their parents and it sucks bcos their parents were already married & working by their age. The only thing that will save our generation is a working/promising country. Resilience cannot override a deep sense of purposelessnes.
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@lettersbyjoy
Jun 21, 2025
There's a resilience the older generation has to life that I admire so much. Hii generation yetu tumejaza tu crashouts😭 One small setback kitanda hautoki wiki mzima. I pray for that spirit to unshackle us
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@karimiBeryl
Sep 20, 2025
I don't know why African men usually forget they aren't rich white men. If you used this analogy to describe slave trade/colonization, you would realize you are not exempt from violence nor are you the main perpetrator of it. Even among men, there's no equality.
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@_elvis_simons
Sep 19, 2025
Like I’ve said before, feminism exists because men allowed it. If men choose not to tolerate it anymore, it will cease to exist.
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@karimiBeryl
Nov 17, 2023
Replying to @karimiBeryl
Asking for the other other side of the story, asking what a victim did to provoke their abuser, asking why it took the victim so long to speak up, are all ways in which people support abusers and thus enabling them further. Abuse is community effort and we see it here daily.
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