“I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” – June Jordan
My life depends on how much I love and respect myself. The world already has their views of me. That’s out of my control.
And so my life depends on how much I love and respect myself. It depends on what I will and will not accept regarding how I relate to others and to myself.
Self-love is revolutionary.
Self-respect is avant-garde.
For Black women, both are a lifeline.
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