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Today is the born day of Black bisexual poet and feminist activist #JuneJordan. June jordan sitting on a chair with her right arm on her leg
I quote her in just about every essay:

“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires." feministgiant.com/p/essay-inciti… #JuneJordan
#JuneJordan is one of my favourite poets and activists. Her words are tattooed on my right arm. She wrote “Poem About Police Violence” after police chocked to death a Black man called Arthur Miller in Brooklyn, New York, June 14, 1978. lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/upl… Text of poem in the linkText of poem in the link
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Today is the born day of Black bisexual poet and feminist activist June Jordan. Her words are tattooed on my skin. I quote her in just about every essay:

“What shall we do now? How shall we grieve, and cry out loud, and face down despair?” feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o… The cover of Some of Us Did...
“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires."

feministgiant.com/p/essay-inciti… #JuneJordan
“And if I
if I ever let love go
because the hatred and the whisperings
become a phantom dictate I o-
bey in lieu of impulse and realities
(the blossoming flamingos of my
wild mimosa trees)
then let love freeze me
out.
I must become
I must become a menace to my enemies."
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