i keep thinking about the line “discernment can make you the villain in a room where denial is the culture.” whoever said it really knew what they were on about.
"If you worship Erykah Badu or quote Nikki Giovanni, radical Black feminists in their own right, ask if you are giving that same admiration and respect to the Black women present in your lives." - Nikki Keating (Oberlin Review, 2023)