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J.J. Johnson is an educator and author. She grew up in a small town in central New York and attended Binghamton University, where she studied History and began her ongoing solidarity and social-justice activism.

After working with teens in service-learning projects, J.J. continued her education, earning a Master of Education from Harvard University, concentrating on adolescent risk and prevention, with a focus on systems of oppression, harm repair, and social justice.

She is the author of THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENT, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, and BELIEVAREXIC (all from Peachtree Publishers). Her books have won numerous awards and have been translated into six languages. She also writes on Substack -- Notes from an Unruly Quaker.

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	Believarexic 4.22 avg rating — 2,307 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I get scared because things are finite, and I don't want them to be finite with you.”
― J.J. Johnson, The Theory of Everything

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“My boyfriend dumped me. My best friend won't talk to me. My future is in a garbage can. Everything has turned to crap. Can you please just let me be a sullen teenager. just this once”
― JJ Johnson, This Girl Is Different

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“Me: Need to shop for a dress. Stenn asked me to prom.
The Momster: WTF!
Me: Mom? What do you think WTF means?
The Momster: Well That's Fantastic.”
― J.J. Johnson, The Theory of Everything

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“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

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“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues

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“Radical simply means "grasping things at the root.”
― Angela Davis

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”
― E.B. White

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