And somehow this guy keeps me grounded through it all.
The career clarity isn't just on the page anymore.
It's in how I'm living. Creating. Choosing.
π΅ βBlessedββ Jill Scott
#OffPathOnPurpose #ShiftCircleSeries #BookJourney #BlackWomenWrite #PivotStories #CareerClarity #SoftPower #DolomiteApproved
'Black feminist-womanist life writing, as regular and common practice, lies at the heart of Black women's health history. ~Stephanie Y. Evans, Black Women's Yoga History
#BlackWomenWrite #BlackSky #BookSky
Leaning into my Black feminist-womanist writing βοΈπΎ
"We must recognize and nurture the creative parts of each other without always understanding what will be created.β βAudre Lord
#BlackSky #BlackWomenWrite
Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport cover. Pink background with white and black letters.
Just as our lives are not fixed or static but always changing, our theory must remain fluid, open, and responsive to new information. ~ bell hooks
I am deeply indebted to hooks as her work has helped shape how I approach Black feminist theory, especially in my new book. #BlackWomenWrite πΈπΈ
"Everything Iβve ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.β β Toni Morrison
#BlackWomenWrite
Writing is heavily on my mind. I am cultivating my habit and working on persistence βοΈπΎ
#WritingSky #BlackWomenWrite
"Writing can be a lifeline, especially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your life and process of growth have been subjected to attempts at strangulation.β β Micere Githae Mugo
#BlackWomenWrite #WritingSky
"We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans β because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.β β Maya Angelou
#BlackWomenWrite #Authors #BlackSky
"Black women's experiences, ideas, and practices can inspire contemporary educators to transform the academy."
~ Stephanie Y. Evans, Black Women in the Ivory Tower
#BlackSky #BlackWomenWrite
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"Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness."
~ Alice Walker
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackWomenWrite #BlackSky πΈπΈ
Purple flyer with white and black letters.
Looking forward to my first book related talk of the month. So much to be excited about π
#BlackWomenWrite
"No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough."
~ bell hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackWomenWrite βπΎ βπΎ