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"She [Ursula] reminds us of the Black conjure women who have dotted our history for centuries. And like many conjure women, Ursula is read as evil for trying to (rightfully) usurp the man who rendered her an outcast from her own kingdom. But what would it mean to retell Ursula’s story from the juncture of African, Caribbean, and European mermaid lore that arose in the nineteenth century?" — Sep 19, 2025 06:55PM
"She [Ursula] reminds us of the Black conjure women who have dotted our history for centuries. And like many conjure women, Ursula is read as evil for trying to (rightfully) usurp the man who rendered her an outcast from her own kingdom. But what would it mean to retell Ursula’s story from the juncture of African, Caribbean, and European mermaid lore that arose in the nineteenth century?" — Sep 19, 2025 06:55PM
“Salvation comes through repetition. This I can do because I have done it before—it's half prayer, half truth, a whisper in a hurricane of self-doubt.”
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
“Feminism is really just the long slow realization that the things you love hate you.”
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
“Real radicalism implores us to tell the whole ugly truth, even when it is inconvenient. To own the hurt and the pain. To own our shit, too. To think about it systemically and collectively, but never to diminish the import of the trauma.”
― Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
― Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
“Invited as we are into their disparate lives, we'll not only treat them, save them, and pronounce them dead; we'll also learn from them.”
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
“I think of my parents, not because I miss them, but because sometimes you see a black person above the age of fifty walking down the street, and you just know that they have seen some shit. You know that they are masters of the double consciousness, of the discreet management of fury under the tight surveillance and casual violence of the outside world. You know that they said thank you as they bled, and that despite the roaches and the instant oatmeal and the bruise on your face, you are still luckier than they have ever been, such that losing a bottom-tier job in publishing is not only ridiculous but offensive.”
― Luster
― Luster
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