34 Quotes About Black-women-writers

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

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

Accessible knowledge is the best kind

I was a young girl buying bubble gum at the corner store when I first really heard the full name bell hooks. I had just 'talked back' to a grown person. Even now I can recall the surprised look, the mocking tones that informed me I must be kin to bell hooks - a sharp-tongued woman, a woman who spoke her mind, a woman who was not afraid to talk back. I claimed this legacy of defiance, of will, of courage, affirming my link to my female ancestors who were bold and daring in their speech.

Moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side a gesture of defiance that heals, that makes new life and new growth possible.

I love science, current affairs, engines, bikes,lipsticks, human behaviour

The collective, orchestrated fury of Black women can move the whole world.

Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best of my ability

Each chapter in MissBehave is about navigating life as a black woman and all encounters that led me to espouse feminist ideals