Katie

“Of course you belong here — if you want to. That's for you to decide, not the world”
― Danica Nava, Love Is a War Song

“Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs in the past.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“You should know that the origin story of African people in America does not begin in 1619. Nor does it begin with slaves. In fact, the people who were kidnapped, loaded onto ships, transported across the ocean, and forced into a lifetime of human bondage, were not slaves. They were doctors, priests, children, wives, and warriors, who were coerced into this racialized forced labor system through violence or the threat of violence. That they survived this legal, state sanctioned, act of collective terrorism, is a testament to their undistinguishable strength.”
― Michael Harriot, Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

“To him it feels like an adventure. This. Them. Waking up every morning wondering if he'll survive his feelings for her. Seems unlikely, and yet. He always makes it to the night.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Mate