I’ve come to realise, via you official pervs, that the weekend doesn’t begin till there’s been some man toast on this here blog. I can only apologise for my tardiness. This week, it’s a mixed bag, because I AM LIBERAL LIKE THAT. Behold, the lust list! I went to see Easy A (it’s really VERY [...]
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The Friday Pretty: Crushes of The Week
Posted in Beauty, Humour, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Beautiful People, Male Beauty, Things That Make You Go Mmm
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The Friday Pretty: Hipsters
A short one for you all today, soz. Like last week, I struggled for a theme. But then an article about hating hipsters made me think; in the middle of all this loose hate, surely there must be some hipsters we like? Personally, though I mock mercilessly, I’m all for hipsters. They’re having fun with [...]
Posted in Beauty, Society, Style, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Crush, Male Beauty, Stereotypes
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The Friday Pretty: Crushes of the Week
This week’s Friday Pretty is a personal ode to my various pervs this week. The theme is loose, sure, but the pretty, like The Force™, is strong. Happy Friday! First up, soon to be Spiderman, and owner of the most bouffant hair I’ve ever lusted after. It’s Andrew Garfield:
Posted in Beauty, Pictures, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Crush, Male Beauty, Things That Make You Go Mmm
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The Friday Pretty: Nigeria is 50 Edition
Wazobia! Welcome, friends. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence – Happy Birthday to us! Accordingly, we will try to celebrate in all possible ways. Right now, I’m playing some Afrobeat in honour of the great man Fela Kuti, re-reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I’m wearing my green-white-green pants, and I’m awaiting [...]
Posted in Beauty, Black Fridays, Nigeria, Pictures
Also tagged Fela, Happy Birthday, Male Beauty, Nigeria
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The Friday Pretty: You’re Welcome.
“Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.” ~Ralph Ellison On Jezebel the other day, I spotted this photograph:
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Identity, Love, Society, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Beautiful People, Male Beauty, Things That Make You Go Mmm
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Why I Love… Glasses
To correct my shortsightedness, I got my first pair of glasses – a comically large aviator style – when I was 11 years old. They were hideous: tinted, too big for my face and wholly inappropriate for a child. I remember YorubaDad laughing when he first saw me in them. But credit to him, he did [...]
Posted in Beauty, Family, Love, Style, Why I Love...
Also tagged Crush, Fashion, Glasses
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In Which YorubaGirl Goes Charity Double Dating*
*It’s not nearly as sad as it sounds. The date itself is not the ‘charity’ bit. Honest. Last Friday night, I womanfully stepped into the breach for my friend, A. Remember her? She was the one with the dis- and re-appearing bike, back in August 2009. Anyway, A, in conjunction with three other friends, conceived [...]
Spring Fling: Now Accepting Applications
You’ve all noticed that the sun has come out to play, right*? Well sod it, so have I. Last Friday, I went on a charity double date – Wait, what? Next post, I promise – and since then, I have been thinking… ”Yeah, I could do this. Moreover, I would enjoy doing this… Screw it, I’m [...]
The 'Special' Relationship
I was home from work yesterday, thanks to the overzealous actions of a dicky tummy. The blanket of snow outside did not exactly inspire a stiff upper lip either, so there I was, hot water bottle clutched to my belly and BBC News on the the idiot box. Predictably, the news channels were all in [...]
Posted in Humour, Politics, Television
Also tagged 'Lady Things', Crush, David Miliband, Gordon Brown, Hillary Clinton, Men and Women, Things That Make You Go Mmm
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Woof!
Lynda Bellingham, known to my generation primarily as the Oxo Mum, but now a regular on Loose Women and a Strictly Come Dancing contestant, is a bit of an unlikely role model for me. I’ll tell you why. While interviewing someone on the aforementioned – and by the by, utterly atrocious – Loose Women, she delivered [...]
Posted in London, Work
Also tagged 'Lady Things', Crush, Gaah!, Singledom, The Opposite of Joy
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27: A Non-Age If Ever There Was One
It’s my birthday in seven days - I shall be 27 years old. This is not a landmark age. The only real change that comes with it is that you can no longer say “Oh, I’m in my mid-twenties…” when trying to be age-vague. 27 puts you firmly in late-twenties mode. Which is fine, but the [...]
Posted in Humour, Identity, London
Also tagged Financing, Gordon Brown, Happy Birthday, Jammy Toast, Jerry Maguire, Life, Mission Statement, Money
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Reasons to Love Wikipedia
Last weekend, I went to see (500) Days of Summer at the cinema with my good friend J (who’s moving to my neighbourhood soon – yay!). The reasons were many-fold. I’d heard much of this new movie; Jezebel reviewed it in its inimitable style, I like the Deschanel family performers – Emily co-stars alongside ex-TV vampire [...]
Posted in Humour, Movies, Review, Television
Also tagged Crush, Funnies, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wikipedia
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On Being Single And Of Nigerian Descent
When I visited Nigeria recently, I was struck by a few things. For example, I saw that the church near my house that had laid its foundations some time in the 1990s was still uncompleted. I noticed how oppressive heat tends to stifle one’s appetite, and I also noticed that no-one tells you quite how [...]
Posted in Identity, London, Love, Nigeria
Also tagged London, Relationships, Singledom, Stupid Boys
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Cinema – The Final Frontier
On Monday night, I went to see Star Trek. I accessorised with my brother D1, and my sister, A. To this already heady mix, I added chocolate minstrels, milk bottle glasses – the better to observe with – and a Cheshire cat smile. Resisting the urge to (almost!) salute at my reflection, I left the house. [...]
YorubaGirl's Brief Encounter
I’m wearing a pair of indigo skinny jeans, a blue embroidered t-shirt and black low top Converse. My hair is in a ponytail with a side fringe and I am wearing two of my most froufrou rings. I’ve a leather satchel slung across one shoulder, and a canvas tote containing my laptop on the other. [...]
