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Adrienne Maree Brown
Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and …
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.
Cheryl Clarke • Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
I used to say, “I don’t know if I love myself.” And one of my aunts put me in front of the mirror at age six and seven, and she said, “You are gonna look at yourself in the mirror and say ‘I love myself.’ And then you’re going to say ‘I love Black people.’” And at first I resisted, but then I was like, “OK. Let’s do this.” And she was committed to
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Children do not arrive here ashamed of their race, gender, age, or differing abilities.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
Use poetry! In our generative somatics courses, we often read poems at the beginning and end of our meditations. Some of my favorites for meditation are: “The Prison Cell,” Mahmoud Darwish; “The Journey,” Mary Oliver; “Yes, We Can Talk,” Mark Nepo; and everything from June Jordan, Adrienne Rich, Warsaw Shire, or Nayirrah Waheed.