“Feels so good to be quoted”

“It's actually such a tragedy that I live in a world that is inspired by me putting my body or mental state on the line”

“Self-love for me means accepting who I am and dealing with the perceived flaws that I live with. It is also accepting that sometimes I struggle with feelings of inadequacy and I do not think that I...”

“And It was said to me: "embrace the glorious mess you are". How easy it is to see darkness in the winter shedding and not see that even in its gloominess lies great beauty. That even in our great s...”

“The voice of a Black woman should always be HERSELF ...No edits - no erasure - no pressure - no expectations - no additions - no intruders”

“In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness”

“Society is obsessed with women's bodies and I take my body back by doing whatever it is that I want to do with my body”

“How do I negotiate my way across life with a system that I find so violent yet it seems so normal to many others?”

“In nude protests, the very same body that is objectified and subjected to endless scrutiny and policing is used to reclaim power.”

“Don't settle The worst thing will be to find the man or woman that truly deserves you after you've married one who doesn't.”

“I have the soul of a white man, the soul of a black man, the soul of an Asian man; the soul of every man.”

“Don't settle… The worst thing will be to find the man or woman that truly deserves you after you've married one who doesn't.”

“The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy may try to negate body and flee earth with its constan...”

“... the effort to discover an authentic self, to strip away layers of alienation and culturally imposed identity and find a soul in a clear, unimpeded communion with the sacred is consonant with sp...”

“I'm a queen with or without a king. Chasing anything is beneath me. Until you're ready to put away childish things and be my man, my king, someone I can trust to shepard my soul to the Almighty I h...”