The biggest disease of today . . . is the feeling of being unwanted.
― St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
What She Said, August 14: St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
What She Said, July 16: Carolyn See
Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.
—Carolyn See
What She Said, July 13: Diane Ackerman
Because we can’t escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives. –Diane Ackerman
What She Said, June 7: Audre Lorde
“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.”
― Audre Lorde
What She Said, June 6: bell hooks
“No black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much’. Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’…No woman has ever written enough”
― bell hooks
What She Said, June 5: Anna Julia Cooper
We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnaturalness and injustice of all special favoritism, whether of sex, race, country, or condition. If one link of the chain is broken, the chain is broken.” – Anna Julia Cooper
What She Said, June 4: Pearl Cleage
Discomfort has always been a necessary part of enlightenment. — Pearl Cleage
What She Said, June 3: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
What She Said, June 2: Zora Neale Hurston
“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” — Zora Neale Hurston
What She Said, May 31: St. Mary Euphrasia
Do everything you can for love, and you will see what you are capable of. One can make more progress this way in a year, than in ten by the way of fear.
–St. Mary Euphrasia
The Gloria Sirens 