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…
“What shall we do now? How shall we grieve, and cry out loud, and face down despair?” feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o…
“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires."
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“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."
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."
The above is from #JuneJordan's poet I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies
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feministgiant.com/p/essay-become…
June Jordan 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…
Happy Born Day June Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002): Black, feminist, bisexual activist, poet and author. Her poetry and essays have kept me sane these past few months. #JuneJordan
I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name
My name is my own my own...
and I can’t tell you who the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistance
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
may very well cost you your life poetryfoundation.org/poems/48762/po…
My name is my own my own...
and I can’t tell you who the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistance
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
may very well cost you your life poetryfoundation.org/poems/48762/po…
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