Category — African Women's Blog

GET IT RIGHT

Because I am smiling
Does not mean I am happy
Being a pacifist
Does not mean I can not fight back
Being self-sufficient
Does not mean I am masculine
Standing by my convictions
Does not mean I am obstinate
My confidence
Does not translate to conceit
Being sensitive
Does not make me foolish
Not saying much
Does not mean I am not well-informed
Being confident
Does not mean I am aggressive
Because I am firm
Does not mean I am inflexible
Acting on impulse
Does not make me fickle
Being emotional
Means I am human
Because I do not flutter my eyelashes
And flirt
Does not mean I am not feminine
Being feminist
Does not mean I am not a woman

This is not a new poem. Yet it is apt for the 1st Carnival of African Women on Blogging and Identity as I wrote it at a point when for the benefit of other people, I needed to establish what I stand for and who I am.

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