February 9th, 2025 Happy
#blackhistorymonth ๐ง๐พ๐ค๐ Never underestimate the power of a story. Stories saved my life. Words are infinitely powerful. Words are spells. Words can heal. Words can also kill. How we wield them matters. For too long over half of the worldโs human family has been purposefully silenced, oppressed, repressed, subjected to violence. Words stolen, erased, appropriated. But times are changing. We must find the courage to share ourselves, our minds, our hearts, our stories - unabashedly, unashamedly. Like
#audrelorde , @Sa-Roc & @MumuFresh . Like
#zoranealehurston and
#tonimorrison . Like
#mayaangelou and
#tracychapman . Like
#sonyareneetaylor and
#yabablay . Like
#bellhooks #nikkigiovanni Like @Doechii &
#taranaburke &
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#alicewalker โMy silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.โ - Audre Lorde Love & Metamorphosis x
#allisonrussell #persephone @Hadestown through Feb 16th
#rainbowcoalition #circleunbroken #tellyourstory #speakyourtruth #words #write #imagination #harmreduction #intersectional #blackhistory #blackwomen #courage Barley ( Allison Russell) The wind that shakes the barley will not shake me The wind that shakes the barley will not shake me The wind that shakes the barley won't won't shake me As my grandma told me this I sew though that I see The fire that takes the kindling will not take me As my grandma told me this I sew though that I see The rain that floods the valley will not drown me The rain that floods the valley will not drown me As my grandma told me this I sew though that I see The hawk that stoops the sparrow will not strike me The hawk that stoops the sparrow it won't won't strike me As my grandma told me this I sew though that I see The dark before the dawn breaks will not bind me The dark before the dawn breaks will not bind me The dark before the dawn breaks it won't won't bind me As my grandma told this I sew though that I see