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“To turn black women into objectified others was to underline their difference; they may be beautiful, but they are of another kind, separate from the dominant understanding of attractiveness.”
― Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
― Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
“… got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.”
― The Salt Eaters
― The Salt Eaters
“I told the priest
my god is a black woman
he poured holy water on me
and scheduled me for an exorcism”
― Questions for Ada
my god is a black woman
he poured holy water on me
and scheduled me for an exorcism”
― Questions for Ada
“I have to constantly re-identify myself to myself, reactivate my own standards, my own convictions about what I'm doing and why.”
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“I remember, for example, when the ex-Attorney General, Mr. Robert Kennedy, said that it was conceivable that in forty years in America we might have a Negro president. And that sounded like a very emancipated statement, I suppose, to white people. They were not in Harlem when this statement was first heard. They did not hear (and possibly will never hear) the laughter and the bitterness and the scorn with which this statement was greeted.
From the point of view of the man in the Harlem barbershop, Bobby Kennedy only got here yesterday and now he's already on his way to the presidency. We've been here for four hundred years and now he tells us that maybe in forty years, if you're good, we may let you become president.”
― I Am Not Your Negro
From the point of view of the man in the Harlem barbershop, Bobby Kennedy only got here yesterday and now he's already on his way to the presidency. We've been here for four hundred years and now he tells us that maybe in forty years, if you're good, we may let you become president.”
― I Am Not Your Negro
RJ Reads (Reproductive Justice Book Club)
— 219 members
— last activity Nov 28, 2015 02:43PM
Reading and discussing nonfiction and fiction books relating to reproductive justice issues. New books quarterly. A Backline joint.
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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