don't look at me

Authors

  • Jochebed P. Airede

Abstract

Poetry by Jochebed P. Airede

Author Biography

Jochebed P. Airede

Jochebed Airede is an international student from Nigeria, who has had a passion for reading since she begged her sister to read to her at the age of 5. Soon, under the tutelage of greats like Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl, she began her own creative writing journey, penning long stories about embattled heroines and their ever-loyal group of friends. And the older she grew, so too did her understanding of fiction as a novel spin on fact. Soon, her works began to mirror the realities that she faced as a young Nigerian girl in ever-changing contexts. Her featured poem, “don’t look at me,” reflects the distress caused to young women by a culture that prizes them as sexual, rather than merely human, beings; this is heightened in a nation where sex is viewed as an economic transaction, and women’s bodies the currency. With her multiple interests in English and Women’s Studies, Jochebed is excited to see what other intersections exist between the worlds of literature and minority rights, through undergraduate research and her observation of real-world events.

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Published

2023-07-18

How to Cite

Arede, J. (2023). don’t look at me. The Rutgers-Camden Undergraduate Review, 1(2), 5. Retrieved from https://rcur.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/rcur/article/view/2124

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): The Undergraduate Review - Fall 2020

Section

Articles