Who is The Freethinking Feminist?

Hello!

Although I've written a very short introduction in my "about me", I felt I should give a more comprehensive introduction here.

My name is Ire. I'm a Nigerian, based in Nigeria.

I'm also a feminist and an atheist and I decided to start a blog to talk about atheism and feminism.

The Freethinking Feminist is sort of a journal for me to record my thoughts and opinions on topics relating to feminism, irreligion, and any other topic that interests me.

This blog is partly inspired by an episode of the The Ranting Atheist podcast titled "Why you should create content as a Nigerian atheist".

I'm not the podcast type, so I created a blog instead.

Feminist and Atheist are labels that carry a lot of unnecessary baggage and are negatively stereotyped. As someone who identifies with both labels, Nigeria can be alienating and I hope this blog can act as community for other Atheist feminists, as well as a bridge between feminism and atheism in Nigeria.

So if you're a feminist or an atheist or both, then this blog is for you and I hope you stick around!

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