Be brave. Even …
Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. Don’t allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It’s there for your convenience, not the callers. Don’t be afraid to...
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Self-love is not a passive thing. It is a conscious, continuous effort; it is acknowledgment, listening, honoring. We must choose to tune in. We must choose to honor. We must choose to take away the...
View ArticleThere is no Bla…
There is no Black person here who can afford to wait to be led into positive action for survival. Each one of us must look clearly and closely at the genuine particulars (conditions) of his or her life...
View Article1. She desires….
1. She desires. She knows that her ability to desire is powerful, a gift, & she knows that her capacity to desire is limitless. She is in communion with her desires on an hourly basis. She uses...
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An essential part of fighting rape culture involves identifying these structural systems of oppression and exploitation which allow people to perpetrate sexual violence with impunity. We need to fight...
View ArticleAnd the preside…
And the president of the United States is not just an enactor of policy for today, he is the titular representative of his country’s heritage and legacy…The bearer of this unfortunate heritage feebly...
View ArticleThe view that a…
The view that all survivors must report to the police is problematic for two reasons. Both are rooted in misogyny, even though the impact is felt survivors of all gender identities. Firstly, the...
View ArticleWe were not bor…
We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that...
View ArticleTerms such as “…
Terms such as “culturally deprived,” “economically disadvantaged” and “underdeveloped” place the responsibility for their own conditions on those being so described. This is known as “blaming the...
View ArticleMichelle Denise Jackson, on black women and reproductive justice
When conservatives talk about their idea of a woman who needs access to contraception and/or abortion services, she is always poor, uneducated, promiscuous, and irresponsible. By painting this image,...
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