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“I am very tenderhearted and struggle with the idea of people being angry with or misunderstanding me. Setting boundaries is how I protect myself from being taken advantage of, apologizing for things that I don’t need to apologize for, or remaining in (or reentering) toxic spaces with people who care more about their own sense of dominance than healing. I will accept any genuine attempt toward reconciliation and healing, but the door becomes locked to anyone who feels the need to dump their feelings on me instead of approaching me like a human being. We don’t have to agree, but I refuse to be treated like an object.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“In the advocacy circles I run in, we talk a lot about going where you’re celebrated and not merely tolerated. We talk a lot about identifying and leaving places where you are unable to flourish. We talk about divesting from unjust systems, decentering whiteness, and decolonizing our minds. I don’t think we talk enough about the losses that come with doing those things.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“Anything that purports to be freedom but only belongs to a certain group or can only be attained by amassing power over other people isn’t freedom.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“As a self-proclaimed loud Black woman, I long for the day when my loudness doesn’t have to be armor that protects me from the fiery darts of white supremacy. I long to just be.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“All the things I want you to do? Figure out what you want in life. Find your own path. Make mistakes but actually learn from them. Leave behind what doesn’t bring you joy, what you’ve outgrown. I wasn’t doing any of it when I was married to your dad.” She was still circling the couch. “I thought I was staying in the marriage for you—so you didn’t have to go through your parents divorcing. But, in the end, I left it for you. Because how could I raise you to do all those things when I wasn’t doing them myself?”
― Mistakes Were Made
― Mistakes Were Made
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