Favorite Quotes

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Don't Come For Me

My hair elicits your opinions.
My body art evokes your feelings.
My hairiness is uncomfortable.
My clothes are too ambiguous.
My weight must be noted in every conversation.
The Negative Committee never takes a vacation.
Divest yourselves of this obsession with my body.
The next time you overstep, I won't respond politely.
If you don't like my looks, keep calm; look away.
Don't make it your duty to tell me the offensive shit you say.
-LeKechia Lyshell

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