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Whether it's an opinion piece, fiction story, or random rant, I'm here to share them all.
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The Hunt Was Finally Over (opens the original)
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Her worn-out laptop froze again. The application form on her screen stared lazily at her. Two years out of university, Ada had no job, not one that paid her what she was worth.There was love at home, but she knew her parents deserved to enjoy the fruit of their labour. She remembered sobbing by her mother’s knee after seven rejection emails in one day, wondering if her efforts would ever bear fruit.Ndidi nwa m nwaanyị, ọ ga-abịa.Those words by her mother had spoken life to her, and she persevere
My Roman Empire Is My Desire To Live Every Life (opens the original)
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They say your level of exposure dictates the breadth of your ambition. And sometimes, I wish I could contract that width—make it inelastic, surrounding only the things that are “more” within my reach—without greed.But then the (reverse?) devil’s advocate in me wakes up:Is it greed, or just curiosity?Thanks for reading Joanna's Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</
Am I...A Bad Person? (opens the original)
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Yesterday, out of frustration, I said something I shouldn’t have. Something mean, something an ungrateful person would say. My mom and my immediate younger brother called me out on it. They shunned me and asked how I could say such a thing, and at first I thought I was justified. I saw nothing wrong with it.Then I got more context on the situation. My mother had explained what had actually been going on, and it reframed everything I thought I knew. It dawned on me that I was completely wrong, an
And For My Next Trick, I’ll Chase Boredom (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, I came across an Instagram reel I still think about to this day. It was a Jimmy Fallon interview with Christopher Nolan, the director of the movie hit: The Odyssey.It started with Jimmy Fallon reacting incredulously to the fact that the movie director owned no smartphone or email. I remember opening my mouth ajar, gasping simultaneously with the audience, asking myself the same question everyone else had in their minds: Thanks for reading Joanna's Newsletter! Subscrib
My 20s Bucket List (opens the original)
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I turned 13 during Covid, I’m 19 now. The years in between those ages are a blur. Unremarkable.I think the bravest thing I did was start a Substack that isn’t doing so bad. Apart from that, I was mostly just trying to figure out school, pass my WAEC and (attempt to) make some money.But, my days…there is a life to live. There are things to do, moments to experience, people to meet and a ton to learn!Movies portray your teen years as this wild, relatively liberated stage in life where you go on si
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