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“Taking off the wig in HTGAWM was my duty to honor Black women by not showing an image that is palatable to the oppressor, to people who have tarnished, punished the image of Black womanhood for so long. It said all of who we are is beautiful. Even our imperfections.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“I could create my own family and I could create it intentionally with what I had learned.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“It is a widely held belief that dark-skinned women just don't do it for a lot of Black men. It's a mentality rooted in both racism and misogyny, that you have no value as a woman if you do not turn them on, if you are not desirable to them. It's ingrained thinking, dictated by oppression.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
Drop Everything And Read
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“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, n ...more
Love & Social Change
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— last activity Jan 12, 2026 04:10PM
We offer love, compassion & kindness to create a better world. The moderator proposes books by & about people who have done this profoundly...Martin L ...more
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