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SETTING THE PACE! BOLD! CONTENT Fashion THE PULL OF THE TULLE PG 3-6

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TYE & DYE AFFAIR PG 14-15

MANY WAYS TO WEAR A SCARF PG 16

A TRIBUTE TO PG 18-19

STATEMENT JEWELLERY PG 20-21

5 MINUTES WITH BANKE You do not have to have a huge wardrobe to stand out when stepping out. We have ALAWAYE PG 22 pulled various looks in this edition from minimal selection of clothes to show you how you can maximize what you have and also get good mileage for your money. Oftentimes, we do not do enough justice to what we have and as such, get very little from what we have invested so much in. The time has come to be more sensible with our funds and shopping sprees.

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This week we decided to push the envelope and focus more on creating looks on style rather than featuring people in style. It was a most exciting job pulling these looks together. From The Pull of the Tulle, to Tie & Dye THISDAY STYLE Affair all the way to Statement Jewellery and Many Ways to Wear A Scarf. It was amazing what we mixed and matched with just a few items to FASHION DIRECTAOR/EXECUTIVE EDITOR create so many looks. RUTH OSIME 08111847085 Our fashion photographer, Vera Vernerova (who also specializes in wedding and aircraft photos), was totally on point and in sync with our EDITOR PRINT message which made the whole process a smooth sail. I have to also OLUFUNKE BABS-KUFEJI 08111847086 thank Zaron cosmetics for the great job they did on our models. They were on ground to retouch as and when needed and did an amazing job. EDITOR DIGITAL We look forward to a lasting relationship with the brand. The models were KONYE NWABOGOR 08111847087 also very professional and remained eager to please regardless of the long hours it took a to achieve our desired results. SENIOR ART DESIGNER When it comes to the world of beauty and fashion, no one knows the backstory. All MATHIAS ARCHIBONG 07054965500 they see is the end results. I liken it to childbirth. The nine month journey, then the excruciating labour and once the child is born, the pain of the labour is forgotten and everyone is happy about the safe delivery and CONTRIBUTORS health of the child. Everything else pales into insignificance. RUKY SALAKO So while you sit back and enjoy your read, always remember to put your best foot forward when it comes ISIOMA USIADE to anything concerning you especially your health if you are lucky enough not to have any ailments. Some IYANU AYODELE people are not so lucky but regardless, they take good care of themselves and live beyond what curveballs life throws at them. When life throws them lemons, they make lemonades. PHOTOGRAPHER This month of September is the Sickle Cell awareness month and we feature Banke Olawaye who has been TY BELLO living with sickle cell. In her book The Warrior Within she talks about how best to live with the illness and the need to live your live to the fullest regardless of circumstance. Hers is DIRECTOR, PRINT PRODUCTION a story of inspiration and courage to forge ahead. Her tale is bound to CHUKS ONWUDINJO 08077092196 uplift someone out there that as long as you breath, always keep hope alive. FASHION DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE EDITOR STYLE & DESIGN THISDAY Style STYLE & DESIGN photo credit: vera THISDAY Style Vol. 22, No. 9271 Sunday, September 27, 2020 vernerova @veravernerova Vol. 22, 9271 Sunday, September 27, 2020 www.veravernerova THE PULL makeup: zaron cosmetics OF THE

BY FUNKE BABS-KUFEJITULLE Fashion is wholeheartedly embracing tulle’s super sheer and slinky sister, silk organza and it’s the perfect OTT-yet-understated way to bring a serving of sass to your wardrobe. The dreamy flowy organza has taken the fashion world by storm with every fashion designer and celebrity endorsing the fascination of organza and lace fabric as they can be used easily for many designs which can translate from day to night. Here are some amazing DRESS BY numbers by some of ’s top designers. LANRE DA SILVA A delight to the eyes we must admit! AJAYI

STRIPE BROWN SILK SHIRT BY FUNKE ADEPOJU NET DRESS BY BLACK ORGANZA DRESS LANRE DA SILVA AND RED NET DRESS BY AJAYI LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI

OUTER GREEN ORGANZA DRESS BY LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI YELLOW NET DRESS BY INNER BLUE PRINT SILK LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI DRESS BY TUNIC BY FUNKE FUNKE ADEPOJU ADEPOJU OUTER GREEN ORGANZA DRESS BY LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI

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The sheer fabric is one of the most sensual fabrics to work with because of its ethereal appeal. They are easy to manipulate to either give the garment volume or exaggeration of certain aspects. The type of net you use would determine the

photo credit: vera silhouette you aim for. This fabric is usually used vernerova @veravernerova to create sections of the garment or layered over www.veravernerova a sturdier fabric in order to cover the garment in ‘SHEER CHIC’ its entirety. It owes its popularity to the mystical makeup: zaron cosmetics aura that it generates when worn.

Origin and History Garments with elements of net can be traced back to ancient India as well as western civilizations. While historically the origin of this fabric remains unclear, it is apparent that it has been used for centuries. In terms of ethnic fashion, the oldest net saree is traced to the pre-Mughal era.

Net was used mostly by women in the court and as they gave away more and more of their belongings (as it was a custom to refrain from repeating garments), this style filtered into the sartorial choices of the common folk as well. Lace, which is considered a form of net, traces its origins to the Victorian Era. This was introduced to India during the British Empire and was worn when Indian women wanted to emulate the fashion styles of the British women.

The Making of Net Fabric When creating this fabric, the yarns of thread are looped, knotted or fused only at their intersections. This helps create open spaces between the yarns. This is how net fabric gets its light, gauzy look.

Style and variety There are many different types of net fabrics that are used in ethnic fashion. These are:

Bobbinet This style of net is made with the help of hexagonal mesh. This enables the net to be very thin and transparent and is mostly used in bridal wear to add more fullness to the garment. Though it is very thin, this type of net can be found with stone or peal embellishments as the fabric is sturdy enough to support a few scattered adornments here and there.

Tulle This is also a hexagonal mesh however, it is specially made from yarns of silk or nylon. As a result, this style of net tends to be stiffer than Bobbinet, albeit still as thin and transparent. Like Bobbinet, it is used to create an illusion of fullness, especially for bridal attire. Due to their similarities in creation and usage, most artisans club these two types under bobbinet.

Fishnet This type of net is called this because it resembles a fisherman’s net. It is tied coarsely with larger openings in the yarn than its other counterparts.

Filet Net This form of net is made with the help of a square mesh. The holes that are formed are, therefore, hexagonal in shape and have a very diaphanous look. Net Fabric can be used for a vast variety of applications. In ethnic fashion, it can be used to create sections of the saree, such as the pallu, and the dupatta of a salwar kameez set. In other cases, it can be used to create elements of the garment as opposed to the whole piece. For instance, it can be used as a layer over any other fabric to give the garment a fuller look. At the same time, it can be used to create aspects such as sleeves, a neckline, and hemline and so on.

Innovations Apart from being used to create garments, this fabric is also used to create a variety of household décor items such as cushion covers, curtains, table cloths and, in certain cases, lampshades. These are used across the globe with varying frequency. Indian fashion designers and fashionistas have widely used the net fabric to showcase spectacular net sarees, kurta, and net lehenga choli designs.

Interesting facts and trivia • The technique of making net fabric is also used to create hammocks, fisherman’s nets and in camping tents to create windows

• Before 1809, all net fabrics were made by hand. After that year, a machine was invented that allowed people to create net in a easier way. • Several Bollywood actresses like Preity Zinta, Katrina Kaif, and Kareena Kapoor have donned various saris or dresses made out of the net fabric, which look beautiful and fashionable at the same time. • Fabrics like cotton, wool, and silk have also been in comparison with Net fabrics. However the westernized look along with the PRINT SILK ROBE WITH SILK PRINT TUNIC BY YELLOW NET DRESS BROWN STRIPED SILK SHIRT BY FUNKE ADEPOJU VELVET TRIMMING FUNKE ADEPOJU LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI traditional as well as comfort essence of this fabric makes it a BANKE KUKU SHEER GREEN PALAZZO JUMPSUIT BY winner. RED SILK DRESS GREEN ORGANZA BLUE DRESS BY BANKE LANRE DA SILVA AJAYI FUNKE ADEPOJU DRESS BY LANRE DA KUKU • Net fabric bear the biggest holes than the other variations in such SILVA AJAYI GREEN SCARF BY BANKE KUKU related fabrics

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Capsules 48 Hmmmmm c’est la vie they say...... indeed I must say cos life is funny like that. How To Get Back On I remember how I used to dream about the morrow wishing on the stars, looking for rainbows to paint in the colours of my dreams, in my mind life should be exactly how I wanted it Track After Your Faith Has and I painstakingly combed through the maze of providence wearing my goals on my face waiting for my own special dish, I remember the day my face fell and recourse was distant. I Suffered Shipwreck remember sitting there forlorn with the dust of my dreams flying with the wind. Wow, life, I had to take it in my stride or lay in a stupor of pity partying. As Christians, we are on ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress from This BUILD A NEW FOUNDATION I remember my Uni days, we used to stare into oblivion whilst World to That Which is to Come’, as goes the title of John Having turned the ship around, returned to where we the teacher helped our young minds grasp the complexities Bunyan’s 1678 book. A shipwreck of our faith, a deviation veered off and severed unwanted ties, we must now of existentialism. I used to believe that in that space of on this journey, invariably results in loss of time and prepare to set sail towards our original destination. We can “nothingness” answers to life’s questions hung on distant trees, resources as we see from the story of Jonah, who chose to liken this preparation to building a new foundation. To I remember wishing answers could be provided so that one travel in the wrong direction to escape God’s call. But if we do this we must first repair the broken alter of our faith. In wouldn’t have to learn the hard way. The nightingale’s song have strayed, we can get back on course. practical terms it means repenting and re-connecting to caressed the mood and the tales of ancestors gone brought In our last two articles, we considered 14 pointers to God. It is a brand new beginning. (1 Kings 18:30) the iroko tree to prominence as many drifted in their minds to a our faith having suffered shipwreck, and they included: time yet to come. The tomorrow we dreamt about yesterday is complacency about our spiritual growth, carelessness GO FORWARD here, but what happened to our bucket list. over what we watch, listen to or read, making an idol of We go through the process of returning and Many started out with strong foundations, one they someone or something, allowing ourselves be carried reconnecting so we can advance in the right direction. believed was unassailable until life showed them that she did away by popular opinion rather than God’s word, following In short, we need to now keep the ship of our lives on not understand the word “unassailable “ they had spent time negative role models, identifying with ungodly practices, course. To achieve spiritual advancement, we need to stay building blocks of dreams and cementing with their peculiar pursing success at all cost, taking offence, and running connected to God because we cannot do so by our own experiences, then the vicissitudes came calling but the belief after signs and wonders rather than God. effort. The Holy Spirit is available to help us. When we abide that their foundation was strong enough to carry the weight Today we will see how we can pick up the broken pieces, in Him, we are fruitful. And we abide in Him by constant of any storm kept them going as no storm was supposed to be repair our ship and steer the rudder back on course to our fellowship which includes worship, study of His word and powerful enough to destroy a solid foundation.....but alas little original destination. prayer. We would also need to walk in obedience to Him did they know that there are challenges that can challenge your through our thoughts, words and actions. (John 15:5) roots. COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT Conformity is off the table as you had watched that boat A person who is lost and seeks help must first be able to DON’T LOOK BACK sail eons ago and outright rebellion is not on the menu either, identify where they are. When we come to terms with the Having done what it takes to make amends and get back so how does any pilgrim progress in a world where the fog fact that we are not where we ought to be, we are making on track, it is important that we do all we can to stay the has refused to lift, roadblocks, potholes, horrible miry clay all progress. Then, we need to decide on our next course of course. Remember we are sailing against the tide so we fighting an unending battle to keep one locked down.... We are besieged on every side and despite our courage in action. There are really just two options; we remain where can expect a rough ride. But because the reward at the response, the fire meant to help with our ascent seems weak we are, or we make a change. (1 John 1:9) end is literarily out of this world, we must be focused and because of the “situational” damage to the souls of the saints. not discouraged by the raging storm or wicked winds. The No one told us it was going to be this difficult, our 2+2 is not DESIRE CHANGE price for looking back is steep – ask Lot’s wife. (Hebrews adding up to 4 and it just does not make sense why. Realising one is lost is the first step. The next step is to do 10:38) The difficulty we experience oftentimes lie with our something with this knowledge. Should we decide to get expectations, the belief that life owes us an easy pass because back on track, that is good enough. All God needs is for us AYE AYE CAPTAIN! we were able to cross a few “t(s)” and dot a few “i(s)”, that should to acknowledgement that we have erred, repent and be To sail successfully, we need to surrender fully to the make the days of our lives less cumbersome but we then realise willing to change. Now we must take the necessary steps captain of our salvation – the Lord Jesus Christ. Our that there are still no guarantees and this is what actually drains. to make that change. We may do this on our own or with response to His command or order should always be “I There are days that the sun just refuses to come out and the the help of a rescue party. (Proverbs 28:13) understand and will obey”. To surrender we must trust spirit feels like an unending downpour of gloom. Him. There can only be one captain on a ship, and we There is something I have found to be true though, if God is RETRACE YOUR STEPS need to be in agreement with Him for a smooth sail. We your foundation, even when the tsunamis come, you will not The road to the rescue begins with going back to the can wholeheartedly trust this Captain because He is the be dragged to sea because your fate is already baked in faith. point from where we deviated. This is a journey that Way. Ironically, when we yield to His leadership, we enjoy As long as there is breath your story can change, I have seen must be embarked on intentionally. It may be painful it the trip. When we listen to His instruction, we stay out of the slave become the master and vice versa, that is why giving is nonetheless necessary. When we go back to the point danger. Finally, as we make ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress from This up cannot be an option. You must fight to stay sane, fight to where we missed the right road, we must then locate it and World to That Which is to Come’ we must always have our keep afloat, your life was not given to you for you to endure it prepare to move in that direction. Someone summarised it heart set on the destination and the price that awaits us on but for you to enjoy it, so I enjoin you to struggle through the this way – ‘turn right and go straight’. (Luke 13:3) the distant shore. defiant days because you will overcome because every trial has ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart an expiry date, and it is foolish to choose to remain chained to CUT THE TIES And lean not to your own understanding a situation you have been rescued from, Ok so your husband The right road is a straight and narrow one, on which In all your ways acknowledge Him is mean, respond with the only weapon of warfare that can we cannot take excess baggage. So, we would have to And He will make your paths straight’ Proverbs 3:6 neutralise his cruel streak..LOVE.... your wife is a shipwreck, take shed off any weight that makes the journey burdensome, her to heaven’s gate, I hear they have awesome doctors there.... which would include unforgiveness, materialism and secret BOOK - SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE your friends are fiends, no wahala, introduce them to LOVE.... sins. We would also need to cut off ties with any practice I have put together two testimony books under the title there is nothing on earth that love cannot heal.....you must have that contributed to our error such as dabbling with yoga, See What The Lord Has Done – Amazing Stories of God At been told by now that there is a Balm in Gilead. Halloween, mediums, New Age, Big Brother, etc. We would Work Today. They each contains twelve experiences various You need to develop a new skin called “let them say” and a need to get rid of (preferably burn) books and other tokens people have had with God, covering accounts of answered new walk called “wakapass” a new smile called “maintain your that link us to a dark past. We must also forgive those prayers for protection, provision, direction, healing and so lane” and a look you wear when you’re done called “end of needing our forgiveness and get forgiveness from those much more. The books are available on Amazon (Kindle), discussion“ string them together and you will walk away from we have hurt. That way we close spiritual gaps and seal any Konga, Okada Books and at Laterna Bookshop. every problem life visits you with. Remember there is a Balm in hedge that has been broken so that we can make progress. Gilead, las las, you’ll be ok. (Acts 19:19) Koko Kalango is author Colours of Life devotional and host, Colours of Life show. [email protected]

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PRINT SHIRT BY FUNKE ADEPOJU TOP BY FUNKE PANTS BY BANKE ADEPOJU KUKU PANTS BY BANKE PANTS/TOP BY PANTS/TOP BY KUKU FUNKE ADEPOJU FUNKE ADEPOJU TIE & DYE AFFAIR Tie-dye fashion, which was once known for the classical primary school art and craft stuff, has today become a complete fashion trend of 2020. It has already emerged as one of the year’s biggest fashion trends. Empowering and uplifting, tie-dye is a great way to inject some colour and fun back into your wardrobe, even if that’s just around the house. From active wear to loungewear, all kinds of fashion brands are using colorful patterns on their clothing pieces and we are absolutely in love with the trend too BY FUNKE BABS-KUFEJI HOW TO ROCK YOUR TIE DYE PIECES water and mix together. KEEP IT EFFORTLESS: In case you think the trend Step 7: Rinse out until the water runs clear isn’t for you, it is better to begin wearing the Step 3: Create a tie-dye pattern of your choice Whether you chose to soak your design for 6 or tie-dye pattern most straightforwardly. You can with rubber bands 48 hours, once the buzzer buzzes, you need to do this by giving just a touch of hue to your look There are tons of different patterns to choose from then rinse out all of the dye using through choosing an eye-catching garment, and when tie-dyeing. You can scrunch and tie your cold water. Take out the pair it with some other simpler neutral tone pieces. garment with rubber bands, fold your garment garment once the water and clamp it together, or even stitch your garment runs clear. BE CREATIVE: If you’re one of those who like to together to create various effects. create new outfits, then you can try color blocking Step 8: Wash (alone) and different fusion of prints such as tie-dye Step 4: Soak your rubber-banded garment in on a cold cycle clothing with florals, polka dots, and vertical water to prepare it for dyeing The last step in the stripes. Before dyeing, it’s important to soak your garment tie-dye process in warm water to get the fibers ready to take in is to wash your BE COLORFUL: We suggest newbies to wear the dye. Add a little bit of soap to the warm water newly technicolor neutral colors with tie-dye garments, however, mixture. The fibers need to be clean and rid of any garment in the if you are ready to up your fashion game, then other chemicals before dyeing. washing machine combine your tie-dye clothing with garments that using cold water. are in a similar color range as your tie-dye apparel. Step 5: Put on gloves. Add your tie-dye to Important: wash it the desired area. Once your gloves are on, start alone. Dyeing one dipping your garment or pouring the dye mixture item of clothing Step 1: Pick your materials onto it. For darker shades, you can soak your every color of the Before any dyeing can commence, you have to garment in a bath of dye. The longer you let it rainbow is one pick out what exactly it is that you’re going to soak, the darker your garment will become. thing, dyeing an entire load is SHIRT BY FUNKE ADEPOJU tie-dye and what materials you’re going to use to DRESS BY BANKE KUKU do it. Step 6: Wrap in cling wrap and let sit a whole other Once you feel like your design is finished, take it story. Step 2: Mix your dye with warm water out of the dye and wrap it in plastic wrap to keep SHIRT/ DRESS BY FUNKE ADEPOJU Once you’ve chosen what dyes to use, just add the moisture locked in. As for how long to let it sit, DRESS BY BANKE KUKU BANKE KUKU them to a squirt bottle or pot/bucket with warm it’s up to you. 14 15 THISDAY Style STYLE & DESIGN Vol. 22, No. 9271 Sunday, September 27, 2020 MANY WAYS TO WEAR A SCARF Scarves are so much more than an accessory, they’re a year-round necessity. With their pretty prints and breezy materials, scarves can be your go-to wardrobe piece now with the right tying techniques!

COW NECK SCARF smaller side and tie them together. Slip your arm With a rectangle scarf, take two of the corners through that hole. Take the long part of the scarf of the widest part of your scarf and tie them and wrap it diagonally across your chest. Bring it behind your neck. With the remaining two around to the back and continue wrapping the corners, tie them around the small of your back. scarf until you run out of material. Tuck in the end of the scarf into one of the layers. Secure SCARF BUSTIER with safety pins if desired. Fold your scarf long ways to your desired width and center it at the front of your chest. Bring the SCARF HALTER TOP ends to the back and tie them in a knot that’s Take a large scarf or wrap and hold it lengthwise parallel to the front. Make sure it’s secure, bring across your back near your shoulder blades — the ends of the scarf around to the front again similar to how you’d hold a towel you’re about to and tuck them in to create a sweetheart neckline wrap up in. Bring the two ends to your front and effect. Secure with safety pins for an extra cross them at your chest. Cross the ends again at precaution. your chest. Bring the ends around to the back of your neck and tie a simple knot. ONE-SHOULDER WRAP With a rectangle scarf, take the two ends on the

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A TRIBUTE TO possible. For her own part, Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020 due to expressed her intention to continue for complications from metastatic pancreas as long as she was able to perform her cancer at the age of 87 after fighting a HER LOVE STORY job full steam. After 27 years serving as remarkable battle. a justice on the Supreme Court, and as Martin and Ruth were married in June the oldest, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1954, nine days after she graduated RUTH BADER GINSBURG from Cornell. Their story began after On activism Ruth arrived at the Cornell University “Notorious RGB” “So often in life, things that you regard campus in 1950. They formally met as an impediment turn out to be great, on a blind date, though it was only good fortune.” “blind” on one end. Marty, already a published in a book, Civil Court to replace retiring Justice Byron “Don’t be distracted by emotions like sophomore, had urged a friend to set Procedure in Sweden (1965), White. Ginsburg became known for her anger, envy, resentment. These just zap him up with the cute new freshman. cowritten with Anders active participation in oral arguments energy and waste time.” Before long he realized that this Bruzelius. and her habit of wearing jabots, or petite beauty was a cerebral Hired by the Rutgers collars, with her judicial robes, some of On the fight for equality powerhouse, an observation that School of Law as an assistant which expressed a symbolic meaning. “I ask no favour for my sex. All I ask of wasn’t lost on his soon-to-be professor in 1963, she was She identified, for example, both a our brethren is that they take their feet off inseparable companion. asked by the dean of the majority-opinion collar and a dissent our necks.” As Ruth later recalled, “He was school to accept a low collar. Early in her tenure on the Court, “Women will have achieved true the first boy I ever knew salary because of her Ginsburg wrote the majority’s opinion equality when men share with them the who cared that I had a husband’s well-paying job. in United States v. Virginia (1996), which responsibility of bringing up the next brain.” Friends marvelled In 1970 Ginsburg became held that the men-only admission policy generation.” at how these two professionally involved of a state-run university, the Virginia “Feminism is the notion that we should seemingly contrasting in the issue of gender Military Institute(VMI), violated the each be free to develop our own talents spirits matched up: Ruth equality when she was equal protection clause. Rejecting VMI’s and not be held back by manmade came across as shy and asked to introduce and contention that its program of military- barriers.” timid, Marty was the moderate a law student focused education was unsuitable clown, the life of the panel discussion on for women, Ginsburg noted that the On her life party; she was prompt, the topic of “women’s program was in fact unsuitable for the “My mother told me to be a lady. And meticulous and thorough; liberation.” In 1971 she vast majority of Virginia college students for her, that meant be your own person, he cut class to play golf. published two law regardless of gender. Ginsburg attracted be independent.” But for all the surface review articles on the attention for several strongly worded “I remember envying the boys long differences, there was also subject and taught a dissenting opinions and publicly read before I even knew the word feminism, the undeniable bond of seminar on gender some of her dissents from the bench to because I liked shop better than cooking their joint Brooklyn-area discrimination. As a emphasize the importance of the case. or sewing.” origins, adherence to the part of the course, Two such decisions in 2007 concerned Jewish faith and intellectual Ginsburg partnered women’s rights. The first, Gonzales v. On how she would like to be capacity to examine and with the American Carhart, upheld the federal Partial- remembered impact the world around Civil Liberties Union Birth Abortion Ban Act on a 5–4 vote. “I would like to be remembered as them. They partnered (ACLU) to draft briefs Ginsburg decried the judgment as someone who used whatever talent she together to raise their in two federal cases. “alarming,” arguing that it “cannot be had to do her work to the very best of her daughter, Jane, while During the understood as anything other than an ability.” they both completed remainder of the effort to chip away at a right [the right of coursework. 1970s, Ginsburg women to choose to have an abortion] On becoming known aa the ‘Notorious The supreme justice was a leading declared again and again by this Court.” RBG’ spoke about her figure in gender- Similarly, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire, “It was beyond my wildest imagination relationship with discrimination another 5–4 decision, Ginsburg criticized that I would one day become the Martin, saying: “In the litigation. In 1972 the majority’s holding that a woman Notorious RBG. I am now 86 years old and course of a marriage, she became could not bring a federal civil suit yet people of all ages want to take their one accommodates founding counsel against her employer for having paid picture with me.” the other. So, for of the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project her less than it had paid men. Ginsburg example, when and co-authored a law-school casebook argued that the majority’s reasoning On Education Marty was intent on was also influenced by two other on gender discrimination. In the same was inconsistent with the will of the U.S. “My mother told me two things becoming a partner Ruth Bader Ginsburg, née Joan people both professors whom she met year, she became the first tenured Congress—a view that was somewhat constantly. One was to be a lady, and the in a New York law Ruth Bader was born March 15, 1933, at Cornell: the author Vladimir Nabokov, female faculty member at Columbia vindicated when Congress passed the other was to be independent. The study firm in five years, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. and died who shaped her thinking about writing, Law School. She authored dozens Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the of Law was unusual for women of my during that time, September 18, 2020. She was an and the constitutional lawyer Robert of law review articles and drafted first bill that Democratic U.S. Pres. Barack generation. For most girls growing up in I was the major Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Cushman, who inspired her to pursue a or contributed to many Supreme Obamasigned into law. the ‘40s, the most important degree was caretaker of our of the United States from 1993 to 2020, legal career. Court briefs on the issue of gender With the retirements of Justices not your B.A., but your M.R.S.” home and child. the second woman to serve on the Ruth completed her legal education discrimination. During the decade, she David Souter in 2009 and John Paul But when I started Supreme Court. at Columbia School, serving on the law argued before the Supreme Court six Stevens in 2010, Ginsburg became the On Having it All up the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, Ginsburg began to go by the name review and graduating in a tie for first times, winning five cases. most senior justice within the liberal “You can’t have it all, all at once. Marty realized how important that work was.” “Ruth” in kindergarten to help her place in her class in 1959. In 1980 Democratic U.S. Pres. Jimmy bloc. She wrote dissents articulating Which man or woman has it all, all at In 1993, when Ginsburg was nominated by President Bill Clinton to become teachers distinguish her from other Despite her excellent credentials, Carter appointed Ginsburg to the liberal perspectives in several more once? Over my lifespan I think I have a Supreme Court Justice, she spoke about Martin and how his level of support students named Joan. The Baders she struggled to find employment as U.S. Court of Appeals for the District prominent and politically charged had it all. But in different periods of was instrumental in her pursuing her work. were an observant Jewish family, a lawyer, because of her gender and of Columbia Circuit in Washington, cases. In part because of her increasing time things were rough. And if you “I have had the great good fortune to share life with a partner truly and Ruth attended synagogue and the fact that she was a mother. At the D.C. While serving as a judge on the outspokenness, Ginsburg became, have a caring life partner, you help extraordinary for his generation, a man who believed at age 18 when we met, participated in Jewish traditions as a time, only a very small percentage D.C. Circuit, Ginsburg developed a during the Obama administration the other person when that person and who believes today, that a woman’s work, whether at home or on the job, child. She excelled in school, where of lawyers in the United States were reputation as a pragmatic liberal with (2009–17), a progressive and feminist needs it.” is as important as a man’s.” During his final year after the birth of their daughter, she was heavily involved in student women, and only two women had ever a keen attention to detail. In 1993 she folk hero. Nevertheless, some liberals, Marty was diagnosed with a rare form of testicular cancer when Ruth attended activities and earned excellent grades. served as federal judges. However, delivered the Madison Lecture at New citing Ginsburg’s advanced age and On living with Cancer classes and took notes for her sick husband. “We had nearly two whole years Ruth entered Cornell University on one of her Columbia law professors York University Law School, offering a concerns about her health as she was “Justice O’Connor had set the far from school, far from career pressures and far from relatives, to learn about a full scholarship. During her first advocated on her behalf and helped critique of the reasoning, though not twice a cancer survivor and apparent model. She had breast surgery and each other and begin to build a life,” he once said about their life together. After semester, she met her husband Martin to convince Judge Edmund Palmieri of the ultimate, holding of Roe v. Wade frailty, argued that she should retire in she was on the bench nine days the couple celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary, Marty died four days Ginsburg, who was also a student at the U.S. District Court for the Southern (1973), the famous case in which the order to allow Obama to nominate a after her surgery. She said, ‘Now, later of complications from metastatic cancer. After his death, she delivered Cornell. Martin, who eventually became District of New York to offer Ginsburg Supreme Court found a constitutional liberal replacement. Others, however, Ruth, have your chemotherapy on a speech to a group of lawyers and judges that was meant to have been a nationally prominent tax attorney, a clerkship (1959–61). As associate right of women to choose to have an pointed to her vigorous exercise routine a Friday. That way, you have the delivered by her husband. The couple has two children, Jane Carol Ginsburg exerted an important influence on director of the Columbia Law School’s abortion. On June 14, 1993, Democratic and the fact that she had never missed weekend to get over it.’” — a law professor at , and — James Steven Ginsburg — Ruth through his strong and sustained Project on International Procedure U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton announced his an oral argument urges that she should founder and president of the Classical Recording Foundation — along interest in her intellectual pursuits. She (1962–63), she studied Swedish civil nomination of Ginsburg to the Supreme remain on the Court for as long as with four grandchildren. procedure; her research was eventually 18 19 THISDAY Style STYLE & DESIGN Vol. 22, N STYLE & DESIGN Vol. 22, 9271 Sunday, September 27, 2020

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12 11 1 10 2 9 8 4 7 6 5 BANKE MINUTES WITH ALAWAYE As September is the month of Sickle Cell, we feature Banke Alawaye. Her book The Warrior Within is a captivating narrative of the journey of a woman living with Sickle Cell. It gives a vivid peek into what life looks like through her lens; her expectations, fears, challenges and how she triumphs in spite of life’s numerous hurdles. It’s the story of how she learnt to unleash the warrior within her with the singular mission to make mouthwatering lemonades from the lemons life has thrown at her. It’s a chronicle of her victories which started with a little change of mindset. In this easy-to-read book, filled with liberating nuggets – craftily woven into her personal life-story – reminds us that we can live at our best regardless of the challenges we face. For her, it was living with sickle cell. For another, it could be any chronic illness or just facing the vicissitudes of life. This is a friendly assurance that we can win and keep winning.

As a young child/adult growing up with sickle cell, aches intensely. The pain can be anywhere from the top tells about my journey with sickle cell, I believe that what was your mental state of mind? of my head to my toes. there is a message that resonates with everyone. As a young child growing up with sickle cell, I went The worst episodes always involve some sort of chest The book is being published by Tanus Books and I’m through a phase when I believed that the reason I problem. Acute chest syndrome is a complication of really excited to see it come to life. I had wanted to write experienced the painful episodes was my behaviour or sickle cell caused by sickling in the blood vessels in the this book for many years but always felt I did not have inherent goodness. I couldn’t understand why I went lungs. My worst crisis was an episode that landed me in the time to write. Giving myself a goal of getting it ready through all this pain when everyone around me did not a coma. I give a full account of the coma experience in in time for my 50th birthday actually spurred me to get go through the same. I was convinced that if I could just my book. it done. be good enough, then the pain wouldn’t come. Aside from AA, AS and SC, there is also another If a young couple, very much in love and are both AS Why is the infancy survival rate still so low in Nigeria blood group called SC. Can you tell us more about and who know what the odds against them are, were and what are the symptoms of SS in babies? this group and it’s implications. How do they differ to approach you for advice about getting married. Nigeria has the most number of people living with from the three more commonly known groups? What will you tell them? sickle cell in the world. It’s reported that about 150,000 SC is a variant of sickle cell. People with SC generally I will tell them that love does not take the pain away. babies are born every year with sickle cell and over 70% tend to do better than people with SS. They have fewer The love they have for each other will not stop the die before age five. painful episodes and longer life expectancy. lifetime of pain that they will inflict on their offspring. Complications arise in babies with sickle cell when A person with AA is free from sickle cell and a person They need to be ready to make some hard choices in the diagnosis is not done at birth. Symptoms in babies with AS is said to carry the trait. They have one S (sickle) life. They can choose to pick love over having biological usually don’t show up until around six months old. Some gene which can be passed on to their children. children. That’s one way to deal with it. Another might of the symptoms of sickle cell in babies include hand- say, perhaps their child could have a bone marrow foot syndrome, anaemia and infections. How risky is it for a carrier to have a baby? You have transplant. Is their love prepared for the many doctor’s When diagnosis is done early on, targeted treatment one, what was your journey of pregnancy like and visits and bills before this becomes a reality. Or that the can take care of many of the early symptoms that occur, what gave you the courage/confidence to take that procedure may not work? giving the child a better chance at survival. plunge? The genotype question is one to ask very early on Women who have sickle cell can have healthy in a relationship. Before you’ve spent years waiting on You have broken the myth that people living with pregnancies, although they are more prone to having someone, ask the meaningful questions so that you sickle cell have a short life span because you are pre-term babies and other complications. For me, don’t even find yourself asking if love is more important. already middle-aged and look good. At this point, pregnancy was pretty smooth as regards regular what are the kind of things you avoid doing so as not pregnancy complications. I didn’t have morning sickness Living as a carrier, and also living a healthy life, what to set off triggers? or any other pregnancy complication. key things do you advice carriers to embrace more so Over the years, I have come to recognize my triggers My main pregnancy worry was that I had several as to get the best out of what life has to offer them? and know how to avoid most of them. The weather crisis episodes during the pregnancy and couldn’t be We all have good and bad days. affects me in various ways. If it’s too hot and I become given the full pain relief that I needed. This made my For me a bad day means I’m having a crisis. When sweaty and dehydrated, it can trigger a crisis. I drink pregnancy a serious test of endurance. In the end, my I feel one of these coming up. I start to examine my about three litres of water daily to stay hydrated. daughter was born early because of the frequent crisis. choices over the last few days. What have I done to bring The cold can also cause a crisis. I try very hard not to this on? Have I been dehydrated, stressed, cold etc? be caught in the rain. There’s something about getting At what point did your view on the possibility of There are various factors that could bring up a crisis and wet in the rain that chills me to my bones and triggers a longevity of your life change and why? everyone is unique in how these factors affect them. crisis. I generally try to maintain an even temperature as It was a gradual shift, which I first noticed some Sometimes I can push through. And I usually do this much as I can. I always carry a large scarf in case there’s a time after my daughter was born. Initially, I was just because I don’t want to let people down. There’s a little sudden change in weather and I need to get warm. concerned about her. I wanted to be there for her and voice in my head that challenges me to be as able as General ailments like a cold or malaria can also bring look after her myself. the next person. I won’t cancel a commitment if I can on a crisis, so I try very hard to avoid what I can. I’m And then after I recovered from the coma, I realized help it. But honestly, this is only possible if it’s a very mild always eating foods and fruits that boost the immune that I could have died but didn’t. So what if, God has episode. system and I take anti-malaria medicine to reduce the plans of a long life for me? Will I just spend it waiting it There are times when I have to admit defeat and chances of catching malaria. for the end? stay in bed or even go to hospital. That is a bad day. I I also realise that extreme emotion can trigger a crisis I also started to notice positive role models, older than am grateful for all the good days and the bad days that so I do try to manage my reactions to everyday stressors. I was, living with sickle cell and doing well. make me appreciate the good ones all the more. I use breathing techniques, meditation and prayer to I believe that all of these and many more smaller Living with sickle cell or any other chronic illness, keep myself grounded. events combined to change my outlook and create a first you need to get information. Find the experts, desire to be more intentional. understand your condition and treatment options. What does a crisis feel like and what was the worst With sickle cell, I believe that it’s best to be under you have ever had? Some have had to have bone You recently wrote a book. What inspired you to the care of a specialist doctor - a hematologist. They marrow transplants to make their ailment better. write it and how did you feel when it got published? just understand it better and know what to look What are the risks and benefits of such operations? The book is titled The Warrior Within. I was inspired to out for. When you have found your specialist, then A crisis is a painful episode brought about as a write it by the many sickle cell warriors and families of follow doctors orders. There will be some kind of daily result of the sickle cell condition. Each episode can last warriors that I have had the privilege of talking to over regimen of medicines to be taken. Keep up with your anything from a few hours to several days. the years. I came to realize that people take comfort medications and know your triggers and limits. Crisis pain is intense and unrelenting. It feels like my from knowing that they are not alone and that there is And finally, a positive mental attitude goes a long way body is breaking into a thousand pieces and each break hope and light at the end of the tunnel. While the book to improving one’s life experience. 22