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“Oppression describes any unjust situation where, systematically and over a long period of time, one group denies another group access to the resources of society.”
― Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
― Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
“I could no longer participate in an exchange requiring acrobatics of self-denial.”
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
“In the context of tragedy, all polite behavior is self-denial.”
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
“I came into the world imbued with the will to find a meaning in things, my spirit filled with the desire to attain to the source of the world, and then I found that I was an object in the midst of other objects.”
― Afropessimism
― Afropessimism
“Refusal: because we cannot collaborate with the prison-industrial complex, as “only evil will collaborate with evil” (June Jordan). Care: because “care is the antidote to violence” (Saidiya Hartman). Collectivity: because “everything worthwhile is done with others” (Moussa Kaba).”
― We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
― We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
A Novel Idea: a NYC Bookclub
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This is the goodreads' version of the already existing book club appropriately and wittingly named "A Novel Idea." The group is based in New York City ...more
Stephanie’s 2025 Year in Books
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