Now, I am sure the poor woman in her grave… is shocked every time I perform my own version of womanhood and femininity - Stella Nyanzi

Not only is an educated Ugandan woman expected to respectfully serve and sustain the status quo, but her methods of resistance are also expected to be polished, refined, respectable, and temperate—not abrasive, rude, and hard-hitting. I deliberately defy all these expectations.

Motherhood is important for me because everything I do is about creating a better legacy for my children.

Custody and punishment for writing freed me of the fear I previously held of being imprisoned. Physical and emotional torture during my two terms in prison radicalized me in unexpected ways.