Anthonia Domingo

CHIEF ANYANWU - comfortable in her body  Hi, I'm Anthonia the skinny girl. This is going to be a short one. Growing up, I never knew the difference in body types, I never knew people made a big deal about body shapes and I had a way of handling people that called me skinny, or hungry because I never cared, I wasn't bothered, I wasn't phased. I didn't think I was different or wrong to be slim. In fact, I took the word “lekpa” as a compliment. ANTHONIA DOMINGO - confident in her skin I enjoyed my body and I liked my bum a lot. I saw myself as special and that no one could look like me. I have small bosoms but the confidence I got from every other part of my body overshadowed the insecurity of my little bosoms. I got into the university and I realized people have different body types and I started to feel insecure about my breasts but not my weight at least not yet. I began feeling insecure about my body when I started to compare myself to others and that right there is th...

 How long will it take? How long will it take for you to leave your job and focus on your dreams? How long will it take for you to decide to start what you want to do? They say you go to work to feed and build your dreams, but what if you can’t even build anything from your pay. What do you do?  Creatives, athletes, ballerinas, photographers, dancers, stylists are all under-looked in society until they become famous. Especially our parents, especially our society. If you don’t have a career job, you are seen as unserious and you just want to waste your life. But I’m sorry to disappoint you I don’t want to be a banker, or a lawyer, or a nurse or a doctor or an engineer. I want to work with my imaginations. Do you know I can make money just by imagining and bringing it to life? Do you know my ideas are beautiful? Do you think I have to get all As before I’m important in society?  If you want to quit your job and you are scared because you don’t have a backup plan, it’s okay...