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Sitting with her one evening after dinner, telling our stories, my mother often remembering what I have not, and me sometimes remembering what she has not, it occurred to me so clearly that if we hold each other’s stories, and if our
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“No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us, and which knows only the oppressors' tactics, the oppressors' relationships.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Finally, remember that it's not your job to keep your kids happy. Big emotions don't need to be fixed, they need to be felt. Children need to learn that there's nothing wrong with feeling sad or mad or embarrassed or confused and that eventually those feelings will pass. If you can't tolerated their meltdown, they won't be able to either. It all starts with you, so saddle up and get ready.”
― How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent
― How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent
“The angers between women will not kill us if we can articulate them with precision, if we listen to the content of what is said with at least as much intensity as we defend ourselves agains the manner of saying. When we turn from anger we turn from insight, saying we will accept only the designs already known, deadly and safely familiar. I have tried to learn my anger's usefulness to me, as well as its limitations.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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