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. […]
Filling a Hole and Fixing the World
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
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 22: Moira Egan
It takes considerable courage
to be alone, not settling for fuckwittage.
-Moira Egan
The Gloria Sirens 