Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University, Author at Study Breaks

In an article about stan culture, a photo of a phone's screen with social media apps on it

Stan Culture Is Nothing More Than Crazed Internet Bullying

The world of social media is often full of indignity. It offers an oasis of cruelty just as much as it offers an oasis of opportunity and information-seeking. It perpetuates the rise of bullies.…

February 10, 2021

In an article about plastic surgery, a exam table

Pretty Hurts, or Let’s End the Toxic Internet Culture That Bullies Women for Plastic Surgery

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Stop dragging, dissecting, and negatively obsessing over women who have surgically altered their bodies. Let them be.…

January 31, 2021

Why Are Women Obsessed With Horror?

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

The genre allows women to shift deeply ingrained power dynamics. …

January 23, 2021

Why Are Women Losing Interest in STEM?

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

What factors are dampening young girls’ and women’s enthusiasm for careers as scientists, technicians, engineers and mathematicians?…

January 16, 2021

Re-thinking the American Health Care System for a Better Black Experience

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Breaking down the contemporary issues that plague the African American patient experience by exploring the historical significance of medical malpractice and health inequities. …

January 9, 2021

Confronting the Stigma Against Persons With Disabilities in College

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

College campuses are just one among many places where people with disabilities face systematic discrimination and exclusion.…

January 2, 2021

A Guide To Understanding Major Depression

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

If you recognize any of these signs in yourself or a loved one, don't hesitate to reach out for help. You deserve life.…

December 22, 2020

Living With Complex PTSD Is Painful, but It’s Not Impossible

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

This form of PTSD leads to a multitude of mental and physical symptoms that stem from repetitive trauma.…

December 17, 2020

Living With Panic Disorder, or Storm Chasing

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

'The weather is fickle. Its changes are intermittent, as sporadic as the body’s response to raw terror, the visceral feeling of losing control and as volatile as a natural disaster ... The onset of a…

December 8, 2020

Are You in a Toxic Relationship? Here Are the Tell-Tale Signs

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Falling in love is easy, but falling out of love is hard. Staying in a relationship that is unsafe, controlling, or makes the people around you uneasy or concerned is harder.…

December 3, 2020

Identifying the Signs and Symptoms of Racial Harassment in Education

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Ethnic and racial minority groups are more likely to experience mistreatment in society. Pinpointing the signs of racially motivated attacks at school can prevent the onset of racial trauma.…

November 26, 2020

Confronting the Pain and Invisibility of Chronic Illness

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Getting to know its reality by embodying the experience of pain and suffering in silence, so as to illustrate how these recurring afflictions often obscure the visibility of identity.…

November 20, 2020

The Weeknd Provides a Case Study in Toxic Masculinity

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Some want us to separate the art from the artist, but that doesn't remove the sexism, misogyny, toxicity and depraved messages about love, sex, drugs and women present in his work.…

November 12, 2020