I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my…

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I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty...

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty...

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.