pearl cleage

Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta based writer whose memoir Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies Lessons and Love Affairs is due on April 8, 2014.

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Thinking of walking with my daughter 14 years ago and coming home to see the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower... http://t.co/vsupRmGMSf

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@kimmdlett Thank you for reading me!!!

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Feel the need to comment on everything but can't quite figure out why. Everything is already painfully obvious. Maybe I'll just breathe.

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@Zaron3 I want you to write about everything!!!

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Re: reactions to Cosby accusations: I haven't seen this kind of denial since Michael Jackson talked about sharing his bed with kids.

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Appearing with Doria Roberts tonight at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia. We're celebrating the global struggle for human rights. Join us!

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@TheRoot Thank you for recognizing my book, Things I Should Have Told My Daughter! You made my day!

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There is a difference between riot and revolution. In a revolution, land and power change hands. In a riot, we burn our own neighborhood.

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Thinking the Republicans are concerned about immigration reform is like believing the grand jury in Ferguson is going to do the right thing.

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The answer to the question "what do you want?" is always short. If you find yourself rattling on, it's probably not what you really want.

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We get one more day to lick our wounds after that horrible election, then back to work! I refuse to let the Koch brothers have my country!

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I refuse to discuss right wing claims that Ebola is a plot to punish America for the slave trade. Some things are too dumb for discussion.

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Congratulations to the Supreme Court for refusing to take up more cases about marriage equality! Let the wedding celebrations begin!

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Our Liberian friend says now when people ask where he's from, he says Atlanta. Saying Liberian scares people, he says. We hug him anyway.

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The question is does knowing this is Shonda Rhimes night impact our dispositions today? Are we angrier? More powerful? Wearing great shoes?

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More bad ass women on tv tonight. Madame Secretary, The Good Wife and the real Valerie Jarrett showed up as her bad ass self. Love 'em all!

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Smart black women in fabulous clothes, having sex cuz they want to, loving their work, being bad ass? Thanks Shonda Rhimes! I needed that!

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Watching President Obama and Atty. Gen. Eric Holder made me appreciate the work they do and the men they are. Good job, Mr. Holder. Thanks.

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curious about "Blackish." i like the actors, and the dashikis in the commercial are so real i wanted to holler 'habari gani!"