Michele

“forget being
lady-like
& allow yourself
to show
the world
just how
unapolegeticaly
angry
this inequality
makes you”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“People are hard to hate close up. Move in. Speak truth to bullshit. Be civil. Hold hands. With strangers. Strong back. Soft front. Wild heart.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

“The connection that we forge by judging and mocking others is not real connection,”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

“In order for slavery to work, in order for us to buy, sell, beat, and trade people like animals, Americans had to completely dehumanize slaves. And whether we directly participated in that or were simply a member of a culture that at one time normalized that behavior, it shaped us. We can’t undo that level of dehumanizing in one or two generations. I believe Black Lives Matter is a movement to rehumanize black citizens. All lives matter, but not all lives need to be pulled back into moral inclusion. Not all people were subjected to the psychological process of demonizing and being made less than human so we could justify the inhumane practice of slavery.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness