militant musings

‪Let me tell you the truth about men like that - they want soft moons. They want women with just enough crescent to provide a sufficient edge, tender little slivers of light that they can bring home to their mothers. Like I said, useless. I didn’t want them near me.

Akwaeke Emezi, from her novel ‘Freshwater’

‪these hips have never been enslaved, ‬

Lucille Clifton

howitzerliterarysociety:

““You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.””

— James Baldwin (via ladyvenoms)

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‪Hope is a woman who has lost her fear.

Alice Walker

‪Without justice, we will never be healed.

Alice Walker

lifeinpoetry:

I want to leave you dirty
with the memory of me
unable to wash my scent
off your skin.

— Ally Ang, from “Durian Girl,” published in Francis House

citizenshipandsocialjustice:

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