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The days, the nights, the solitude, the dreams. I begin to feel an unfurling, an unclenching of the soul.
“Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.”
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
“What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heelprint upon another woman's face? What woman's terms of oppression have become precious and necessary to her as a ticket into the fold of the righteous, away from the cold winds of self-scrutiny?”
― The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism
― The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism
“Inside the word "emergency" is "emerge"; from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters.”
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
“The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization.”
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Lillian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lillian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
307 books
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24 friends
232 books
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13 friends
276 books
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116 books
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13 friends
150 books
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11 friends
267 books
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139 books
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12 friends
86 books
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8 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Self help, and Suspense
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