The Bestie Archive
Busayo JoanEssays and very honest thoughts about girlhood, friendship, love, ambition, growing older, and trying to make sense of life without losing yourself along the way.
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Being the broke friend can make you feel like the worst friend ever
In early 2022, just when I was fresh out of uni, one of my friends called me, full of excitement: “Babes, we’re going out on Saturday!”
I asked where. She named the spot, and in my mind, I did a fast calculation immediately. Transport. Foo...
Things that make me feel weirdly naked
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Let me give you a quick backstory about what inspired this article. But just so you brace for impact, it’s me being a lover girl with my ba...
As a woman, your first bully usually wears your mother’s face
image gotten from artist, Cynugwudike
A few days ago, the artwork above by the digital artist Cyn began floating around Twitter and it was titled “and she saw me bleeding.”
If you’ve seen it, it likely made you pause, scroll back up, and...
Happy Children’s Day, but only if you make it home
Every year on this day, someone somewhere in a well-furnished office drafts a statement. They’ll use words like future, hope, investment, promise.
It will be read at a podium by someone in a well-ironed Agbada or in a well-tied Gele. Then...
I love you to the moon and back
On April 1, 2026, four humans left Earth and went to find out what was out there. What we—those they left behind—found, mostly, was each other and a reminder of everything worth coming back to.
I have been thinking about love all we...
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You know how you share everything you love, learn, and overthink with your closest friends? That’s what The Bestie Archive is. A space for honest conversations about womanhood, family, adulting, identity, friendship, and love.
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