07/12/2020
𝔸𝕣𝕚𝕒, 𝕤𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣/𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕝𝕡𝕙𝕒 𝕂𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕒
Studying Black Feminism within Literature has been one of my favorite subjects within my degree, and recently I chose to focus a paper of mine on Audre Lorde. Lorde was an American Black, q***r, woman writer. For educational purposes, I recommend her essay “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.” It discusses, in short, the differences between women & how to use those as strengths & forces for change, rather than as a weakness. For art, I recommend her poems “Coal” and “Who Said It Was Simple.” Lorde uses her voice to create her own agency & control the discourse around who she identified as.
Personally, I love to read fantasy more than anything. The novel Kindred by Octavia Butler is in itself a work of Black Feminism, one of the first prominent Fantasy novels by a Black woman. It’s about a woman of color from the 70s who gets transported back in time to slavery in America, and what she must endure. An important (and fun!) way to learn is to read works from other people’s perspectives on life - a perspective formed from living a life completely different than yours, even while perhaps growing up a block away from you.
𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖 ℝ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕫, 𝕤𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣/𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕝𝕡𝕙𝕒 𝕄𝕦, 𝕍𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕗 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝔸𝕗𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤
The BLM movement is important in order to help out those who are facing racial discrimination. By supporting this movement we can fight for equal rights for those people who aren’t receiving them. We are tired of people losing their jobs/homes/life because of their skin color and we demand justice. .ramirez
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪, 𝕊𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣/𝔼𝕝𝕝𝕒, 𝔸𝕝𝕡𝕙𝕒 𝕆𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕟, 𝕄𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔼𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣 & 𝕃𝕚𝕡 𝕁𝕒𝕞 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣
What does BLM mean to me? Personally it means that change is on the way. There are so many groups of people who have been suffering under the same oppressive system for hundreds of years, which is ironic for a country that believes in freedom and human rights yet lacks to deliver those ideologies to certain groups of people. BLM is important because it is those very black lives that taught me how to care for my hair and taught me self love. I would not be where I am without powerful black women both on the internet and in my life. I believe that learning and teaching yourself is important when it comes to movements like this so I would recommend reading How to Be an Anti-Racists by Ibram X. Kendi. It will help you see many forms of racism, not only that but to help you gain conscious of the consequences and how you can oppose racism from the system and within yourself. .gnny