Anyone who claims to be a leader must speak like a leader. That means speaking with integrity and truth– Kamala Harris
What She Said, November 5: Kamala Harris
What She Said, November 3: Kamala Harris
There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane. They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don’t you let that burden you. Kamala Harris, addressing the 2020 Black Girls Lead Conference
Filling a Hole and Fixing the World
Like many, I fill the hole that grief leaves with food. The night I found out that our beloved RBG died, I found myself bereft – and also craving matzo ball soup. […]
What She Said, July 19: Dorothy Height
No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. ― Dorothy Height
What She Said, July 18: Hannah Arendt
In order to go on living, one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. ― Hannah Arendt
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
