Relebone

“We do a disservice to the power of art and artistic creation when we assume it less important than political intervention, likewise, we do ourselves a disservice when we assume that art alone can liberate us.”
― Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

“Refusing neo-liberalism will open you up to a world where ‘feminist’ means much more than ‘woman’ or ‘equality’. Making these connections is crucial to any revolutionary work because it means that nobody is left behind, nobody’s exploitation goes unseen. It asks us to practice radical compassion, to refuse to ignore the pain of others. It demands that we see how tackling seemingly unrelated phenomena like prison expansion, the rise of fascism, neocolonialism and climate crisis must also become our priorities.”
― Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

“The divide between politics and art is not real. It is politics that dictates who creates art, how it is consumed and sold, the conditions in which it is created, the subjectivities that dominate it.”
― Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

“By making the revolution irresistable, the artist breathes life into movements and provides an added dimension that political discourses can sometimes fail to capture. An alliance between art and politics enables us to not only expand the scope of creativity: it gives more women the license to understand the artistic as well as political circumstances of their lives.”
― Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power