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Darasia Alaade Selby-Adebisi
http://www.riverofhoney.wordpress.com
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“I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the heart of the cosmos -- and the white man, however intelligent he may be, is incapable of understanding Louis Armstrong or songs from the Congo. I am black, not because of a curse, but because my skin has been able to capture all the cosmic effluvia. I am truly a drop of sun under the earth.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
Revolutionary Petunias
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— last activity Oct 15, 2010 09:11AM
Inspired by Alice Walker's collection of poems "Revolutionary Petunias", centered around women who are oppressed by the men in their lives as well as ...more
Quirky Black Girls
— 122 members
— last activity Nov 29, 2014 12:24PM
Because Audre Lorde looks different in every picture ever taken of her. Because Octavia Butler didn't care. Because Erykah Badu is a patternmaster. B ...more
Colorful Chick Lit Challenge
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— last activity Mar 15, 2023 10:30PM
This group's goal is to read chick lit that features women of color. ...more
Global South Uprising
— 48 members
— last activity May 01, 2010 06:08AM
Literature of the Global South might include writing out of Latin America and the Caribbean, the American South, Africa, South Asia and other "Third W ...more
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