For days last week, many young Nigerian men converged in the comment section of the American influencer Luis Olivas for his Andrew Tate brand of alpha male content. Olivas, whose followership grew from some hundred thousand to over a million in a few days, regularly makes posts telling men to be more selfish in their relationships with women and to treat women essentially like a piece of shit. His posts were wildly criticized for promoting sexist stereotypes about women.
“Giving her a second chance is like watching the same film twice. It will always have the same ending,” he said in one post. “Trust a man will put his happiness aside for a woman. But a woman will put her man aside for her happiness,” he said in another post. All he posted with the refrain “Bro to Bro.”
Though Olivas has been on TikTok for a long time, most Nigerians who engaged with his posts only recently discovered him.
Now in protest, women are quote tweeting a post made by Omotara Lawrence where she simply just said “Girl to Girl,” encouraging women to be more selfish and prioritise themselves.
See the 20 suggestions from the Girl to Girl movement we are taking:
Believe a red flag is red
Change your mind
Self-love
Toxic what?
“Thank you to me”
Body positivity baby
Protect yours
Fuck the gaslighters
Exercise
Be a single pringle
Cry
Gender, get behind me
Do you
Hit the plantation
Count your money
“You shut up”
No shame
Go for checkup
Practice stinginess
Hate pain
