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“Part of how they make you obey is by making obedience seem peaceful, while resistance is violence. But really, either choice is about violence, one way or another.”
― The City in the Middle of the Night
― The City in the Middle of the Night
“Care tasks exist for one reason only… to make your body and space functional enough for you to easily experience the joy this world has to offer.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“...we know the curse that has been laid upon us--not the curse of bondage, but rather the curse of neglect. This country does not see, nor seek to remedy, the suffering of the Negro, and we are taxed to bear the wrath of white inadequacy.”
― Deathless Divide
― Deathless Divide
“There are seasons of life when we just can’t get all of our needs met, but the mental shift of seeing rest not as luxury but as a valid need helps you get creative, or at least validates it’s okay to mourn how difficult life is right now.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“When I ask you to stop making innovative art and start making vulnerable art, I am asking you to stop trying to make something new and start making something you. Your worldview, your emotions, your pain, your joy, your relationships, your noticings, your culture, your heritage, your ancestry, your fears, your desires, your trauma, your love. Your truth.”
― We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something
― We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something
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