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Essays on identity, markets, and the books that stayed. Published on Medium.
Personal Reflections · 2026 · 4 min
In the Twenty-Ninth Second
They say you get up to thirty seconds after death to reflect on life. Isn’t that interesting? Knowing that there is life, even after death. My last thirty seconds, what will I think about? The kiss I shared with James at the cinema last year or the way he looked at me afterwards?...
ReadPersonal Essays · 2025 · 2 min
All of the People That I Am
I make noodles the way I saw a roommate make them in university. Brymo became an artist I love because the boy I liked loved him first. I love burgers because a talking stage in 2020 convinced me to try them...
ReadPersonal Essays · 2025 · 8 min
I Hate Being a Woman, But Let Me Tell You Why
A few days ago, I posted on my story about how I hated being a woman, and I got a couple of replies. Some of them went: “Are you on your period?” “You shouldn’t say that because women are wonderful.” “Did something happen?”...
ReadPersonal Reflections · 2025 · 6 min
The Love Letter I Never Got to Pen
A few days ago, I went on a solo date to a stage play even though I didn’t buy the ticket intending to go alone. I’d asked a man (whom I’d completely lost all respect for at the time) to come with me, and he agreed...
ReadFinancial Analysis · 2025 · 3 min
What If the Loudest Asset in the Room Is the Only One Telling the Truth
And we’ve been ignoring it because it doesn’t wear a suit. The stock market is calm. Too calm sometimes. It moves with careful steps, checks the news, adjusts its tie...
ReadBook Reviews · 2025 · 7 min
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh: A Book That Met Me Where I Was
From the first page, Blessings resonated with me on such a personal level that I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude to Chukwuebuka Ibeh for crafting this beautiful story. It is a beautiful and deeply relatable piece that took me on a long emotional journey...
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