- 🇬🇭🇨🇮 bro - 🇳🇬 - avid learner and reader - pro feminism ally - “the process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that american women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization.” — ain’t i a woman: black women and feminism, bellhooks (1981) - “the system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women. this cooperation is secured by a variety of means: gender indoctrination; educational deprivation; the denial of women of knowledge of their history; the dividing of women, on from another, by defining "respectability" and "deviance" according to women's sexual activities; by restraints and outright coercion; by discrimination in access to economic resources and political power; and by awarding class privileges to conforming women.” — the creation of patriarchy, gerda lerner (1986) - “we believe the one who has power. he is the one who gets to write the story. so when you study history, you must ask yourself, whose story am I missing? whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. from there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.” — homegoing, yaa gyasi (2016) - “you may write me down in history. with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt. but still, like dust, i’ll rise.” — still i rise, dr maya angelou (1978) - “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” — pride & prejudice, jane austen (1813) - an acquired taste - disclaimers: 1) my opinions and statements are mine and mine alone and not belonging to any entity! 2) the views of the people i follow, the views of the moderators and the rooms i’m modded in, are not necessarily the views i hold myself 3) you don’t have permission (unless stated otherwise!) to record me whilst speaking in any rooms 4) if you want to see rooms i’m speaking or modded in, don’t follow me if you are a burner. i block burners (or assume that you are a burner) yes, you got to the end! take care. have a nice day!🫡