Bernardine Evaristo

when in fact he’d done nothing wrong except fail to live up to her feminist expectations of him

she’s Mum’s emotional caretaker, always has been, always will be

it’s the burden of being an only child, especially a girl

who will naturally be more caring.

the energy that had hitherto radiated warmth had quickly turned radioactive

Olive Senior from Jamaica, Rosa Guy from Trinidad, Paule Marshall from Barbados, Jamaica Kincaid from Antigua, and Maryse Condé from Guadeloupe

of course feminism isn’t about manhating! it’s about women’s liberation, equal rights and freedom from limiting expectations,

very slow foreign films with no plot and lots of atmosphere because ‘the best films are about expanding our understanding of what it means to be human, they’re a journey into pushing the boundaries of form, an adventure beyond the clichés of commercial cinema, an expression of our deeper consciousness’