Minna Salami
Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer and lecturer. She is the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective.
Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer and lecturer. She is the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective.
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Victims and Warriors
Is victimhood culture dangerous?
The weaker sex?
Should we abandon the idea that men need to protect women?
The equality puzzle
Do we need a new direction for feminism?
Status and wonder
How vital is art to our lives and culture?
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In defense of sex machines
The Secret History of Cool
Joel Dinerstein | Coolness as racial resistance
Love Story
Can love only be known in short doses?
Paradise Lost?
Is civilisation leaving us discontented?
The Secret Life of Desire
Is desire a consequence of scarcity and denial?
Is Big Data A Big Mistake?
The stories left behind Big Data
The Weird and the Wonderful
Why does interest in spirituality continue to grow?
Love Me Tinder
What does love look like in the digital age?
Sex and Love in the Digital Age
What impact is digital technology having on our relationships?
Sex Robots and Love Machines
Are sex robots a threat to human relationships?
The Chemistry of Desire
Is love an evolutionary trick?
Venus In Furs
Sadomasochism and the Limits of Sexuality
The Future of Sex Robots and Relationships
Kate Devlin | Could robots fix our erotic lives?
The Case Against Marriage
Bella DePaulo | The single life can be fulfilling
Sex Machines
The place of sex in our lives
Love, Life and Being Free
Do we need lifelong love to be happy?
Myself and Others
Are we more alive when we are alone?
A Fairytale Romance
Do we need relationships to thrive?
Culture Shock
Have we run out of radical ideas?
Desire, Dreams and Happiness
Can we ever arrive?
The Dark and the Digital
Cyberbullying, Trolling & Free Speech
Is Facebook Evil?
Digital oligopolies need to be broken up
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Simon May | We are infatuated with romance
Vanity, Victory and Vice
Is narcissism an effective life strategy?
In Search of Safety
Is the world as dangerous as it seems?
The New Romantics
Not Only Rock 'n' Roll
Looking back at the 60s cultural revolution
Glory Versus Passion
Is there more to life than success?
21st Century Cults
How do they come about?
Is Love Real?
Rethinking romance
Vanity Fair
Is narcissism a virtue that we need more of?
The End of Romance?
Time to chuck out this modern invention
Living Differently
Embracing new romantic norms
Fantasy Living
Are we happy with reality?
The Death Drive
The car crash as a 20th century phenomenon
Thinking and Being
Philosophy in Life and Experience
Noble Ancestors and Modern Selves
Is civilisation a myth?
Don Cupitt on Progress
Socrates vs. Jesus
Who would have the X-Factor today?
The Dark Side of Success
Why it doesn’t bring you happiness
Childhood's End
Dreamland
How to live your life
This Extraordinary World
Live Fast, Die Young
Should we take more risks?
Tiger Mothers and Cultural Success
Is work bad for the soul?
Screw the Fairytale
21st century love: say bye to weddings and family?
Family Futures
The rise of the post-nuclear family
The End of the University
Can the digital revolution offer the solution to the problems of our educational system?
The Never-Ending Journey
The myth of the nomad
Living Dangerously
Love Incorporated
Can we measure our emotions?
Paradise City
Can we build better metropoles?
To the Ends of the Universe
Do we still need explorers?
Cool Values
Does being cool teach us how to live?
Dangerous Dynasties and Blood Ties
The merits of meritocracy
The Post-Nuclear Family Future
Mummy's Little Secret
Should we lie to children?
Michael Eavis and the Paradise Hunters
States of Play
Should we get back to being playful?
Luddites and Fools
Creativity and technology in a digital age
Plastic Fantasies and Disposable Gods
Seriously Playful
Creativity, being, and play
Wild Dreams
Back to nature
The Never-ending Journey
Seeing happy with Mandy Seligman
Honing in on that which makes us happy
The happiness trap
How to outgrow this self-centred ideology
Destiny and the new world of internet politics
An interview with Steven Bonnell
Desire, relationships and sex
Exploring the importance of sex, and whether we should be having more or less of it
Work and play
Are we searching for joy in the wrong places?
Danger, safety and the future
Is risk aversion damaging the next generation?
Demystifying psychedelics
The science behind the trip
The new roaring 20s
Will this decade give in to hedonism?
Capitalism, Big Tech and the nation state
How should we handle the rise of Big Tech?
Truth and prejudice
Does the modern university undermine free thought?
The happiness delusion
In search of the aim of life
How to think about sex
Applying philosophy to our sex lives
Your true self
Is the idea of an authentic self a fundamental mistake?
The power of the present
Does mindfulness improve our lives?
The new 10 commandments
Do we really need codes for living?
How to right wrongs
Moving forward without forgetting our past
The impartiality illusion
Can the media ever be impartial?
How to use data to start a revolution
The power of number visualisation.
The fantasy of fame
Is our focus on fame destroying culture?
How to excite people with your ideas
The secrets of effective communication
Searching for sanity in a chaotic world
Finding peace in the modern day
Silenced for following the science
An interview with David Nutt
Being ourselves and being with others
Has independence undermined community?
How to view suffering
Dissecting what it means to build well-being
Why Love is the most Dangerous thing in the World
The emotion worth dying, and killing, for
Dopamine nation
Causes and consequences of a "drugified" society
World history and the population crisis
Is population decline a bad thing?
Promiscuity and power
A path to empowerment?
The game of life
Should we stop the gamification of life?
Technology: saviour or threat?
Will our progress be the end of us?
The end of the whitewash
Colourblind casting and historical accuracy
Technology is not neutral
Technology cannot exist without ethics
How to revolutionise the academy
Democratising the university
Climate, culture and creativity
Art and culture against climate change
The status of things
Should we free ourselves of objects and clutter?
Forbidden Fruit
Sex and taboo in the modern age