“Black girl magic is not just a hashtag. It’s a spell conjured up from the mouths of our ancestors. Black girl, you are God herself. Queen mother. Sister. Cinnamon princess. The healer of wounds. The giver of life. You are. I am. We are. Infinite. The head and the tail. Your body is made like mountains for them to build themselves upon. You are wonderfully and—now I know—not fearfully made. Because their fear is not your fault. It’s steeped in ignorance. And with that, they teach us to shrink ourselves. To disappear and not matter. They don’t know we are the foundation that they try so hard to
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