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Abiola's Debut Novel, DARE

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Introducing DARE

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Abiola has directed 2 documentaries, 4 short films and a featurette. Her films are about relationships, communication, beauty, love and empowerment through the lens of race and gender, and she approaches each new theme both as an artist and as a curious journalist.

KNIVES IN MY THROAT

Knives In My Throat, an experimental documentary film directed by Abiola Abrams, was released in four webisodes as a public service.  The film follows a year in the life of Taqiyya, a suicidal NYC hip hop poet and her battle with manic depression. 


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OPHELIA'S OPERA

Ophelia's Opera is an experimental  domestic violence film directed by Abiola Abrams where Ophelia uses a spell to free herself from an abusive relationship. 

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AFRODITE SUPERSTAR

Afrodite Superstar is a 2007 feminist empowerment erotica film that Abiola Abrams directed under the name Venus Hottentot.  It is the story of a young socialite trying to figure out what sexy means. The sexual scenes were directed by Candida Royalle.  The film has been endorsed by Essence Magazine, The Village Voice, and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, Feminists for Free Expression, premiered at the New School for Social Research, and was featured in the art exhibit Hos, Putas and Dragon Ladies: Our Sexuality Remixed at the Chashama Gallery.  

Trivia: That's Abiola's voice rapping when you see the DJ in the Afrodite Superstar clip above.

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PRESS & REVIEWS

"Abiola Abrams' debut is like a breath of fresh air for young fiction and the depiction of women in hip hop." -Raqiyah Mays, Hot 97 & Kiss FM 

"Abiola Abrams lives in The Goddess Factory!" The Village Voice

Announced: Abiola is one of Paper Magazine's Beautiful People!

Cosmopolitan Magazine Fun, Fearless, Female 

"Dare is a great story about living life, not just existing, and makes you think about your own journey thus far." AOL Black Voices

"Abiola Abrams is an It Girl." Sassybean Magazine

"Don't be fooled by the labels, Dare is a promising and enjoyable debut." Large Hearted Boy

"Abrams' breakaway debut novel is a chart-topping, champagne popping, heel-clicking adventure you wouldn't Dare ignore!"  Alex Magazine

"From the very first page Dare was a wonderfully unique read." Coffee Time Romance

"Taking a DARE doesn't get any more enlightening than this." Rawsistaz

"There's erotica to suit almost every taste, from the down and dirty to the cerebral, like AfroDite Superstar."  Essence Magazine

"Dare is an intriguing debut novel by Abiola Abrams." Urban Reviews

"Abrams has written a great, thought-provoking debut novel." APOOO Reviews

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*Abiola's Goddess of Love Manifesto

*Official Dareology Website

*Ask Abiola

*Emergency Goddess Bag 

*Breakup Stories Contest

*The Abiola Store 

*Screenplay Competition 

*Single Girl's Bingo

*The Goddess Factory Podcast

*Secret Goddess Scrolls

*SATC's Carrie Bradshaw interviews Abiola

*Dare Music Essay & Playlist 

*Play Hip Hop Party Bingo

*Pink! Art Journal Project

*Female Rapper Quotes 

*Goddess Wings Art Project

*Abiola in Nigeria's Nollywood

*V-Day Vagina Warriors Film Fest

*The Blogalicious Blog

*Abiola's Photos

*The characters of Dare 

*Abiola's Favorite Things

*Start a Dare Club 

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Like Super Nanny for adults, Abiola shows up with her hot pink satin doctor bag & the cure for what ails-- a kick in your self esteem to make you get up, get over it, and shine!  She's your self designed superhero - Super B.A.D. Goddess - Beautiful and Daring, ready to whip you into shape!

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ABIOLA'S HOT TOPICS

*Dare: How to Thrive When Life Sucks

*The Power of Self Invention 

*Goddess Power: Abiola's Daytime Pajama Party

*Feminism 2.0: This is What a Feminist Looks Like

*How to be SuperB.A.D. -Beautiful & Daring 

*Market Yourself as an Artist & Human Being 

*Your Personal Film Festival 

*Suddenly Single: Get "It" Back 

*Abiola's School for Wayward Boys 

*Turbo Dating 101

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ABOUT DARE

Dare is the story of a sociologist who goes undercover as a rapper and discovers that she likes her racy new life better than her stable old one.  Dare is a hip hop retelling of Faust, that begins with the characters living on Bluestone Road, where Toni Morrison's Beloved took place.  Maya and her best friend Athena take a wild dip into the bad girl lifestyle in this romantic comedy. 

Excerpt: She stood in front of The Dandridge Pavilion and Convention Center on Three Birds Avenue squinting into the dim daylight. Strains of wayward poems in her head, windbeaten protest sign in her hands, "Stop police brutality now" on her lips; her life was held together by rubber bands...  continued

ABIOLA'S WRITING

A writer, filmmaker and TV personality, Abiola Abrams' first novel Dare was published by Simon and Schuster. Abiola's writing is featured in current anthology A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer by Eve Ensler alongside the writings of Maya Angelou, Edward Albee and Alice Walker.  Her writing is also featured in upcoming anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door by Paula Derrow (Self Magazine) and Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex by Ellen Sussman.   Abiola provoked ire when in college she wrote an article for Ms. Magazine defending Monica Lewinsky; and she is the new relationships and dating columnist for CRÈME Magazine.

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