Faux-Intellectuals and How to Pepper Dem. A Smart Woman View of Big Brother Nigeria 2019
BBNaija 2019 Have you ever been judged for indulging in guilty pleasures? I certainly have. My friends have been questioning me lately about my love for Big Brother Nigeria (BBN). Most times, I am at a loss of what and how to reply to them without going into my usual pentecostal and energetic reply, so instead, I ignore them. But here's the thing: I'm tired of being put on the spot and made to feel like I have to defend myself. These questions range from “what do you see in BBN” to “how can you waste your time watching this. In reality, what they seem to mean with their words is - “How can someone as intelligent as you waste time on something as trivial as BBN?" It's like they have this delusion of grandeur as if their own intellectual pursuits make them better than those who enjoy mainstream entertainment" Who decided that being intelligent means you can't also enjoy popular culture? Why can't we be both smart and socially engaged?