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Gabby Rivera

Juliet Takes a Breath

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    “We are here to celebrate the legacy of our sister, Octavia Butler, one of the greatest writers of all time. One of the only African American sci-fi writers ever. Octavia gave us worlds caught in post-apocalyptic struggles, narratives billowing with critiques of the way racism and brutality are ingrained in white American society and culture, a culture that we must also navigate and reclaim. Octavia gave us the means to do that via a genre where there are no limits. We can be child vampires. We can be warriors. We can be ooloi. We can do it all through writing. This writing series is for the empowerment of Black women and the development of a Black womanist, Afro-futuristic writer’s group. Blackness isn’t limited to African Americans here. We welcome our Afro-Latinas también y toda la gente morena, negrita, el color de la noche y de café con leche. Many of our meetings are closed to non-Black, non-POC individuals but members of the group expressed interest in offering open sessions. White allies, we ask that you respect this space, own your privileges, and remain open to your own journey. We welcome all women here and hope that we can all find or further cultivate our relationship to Octavia Butler’s work and to the world of science fiction. In this series of workshops, we will also produce an anthology of sci-fi short stories with a social justice lens from writers of color. I am Zaira. Thank you, Sisters, for sharing your time and essence with us all.”
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    Trust your damn self.
    Love hard, deep, without restraint or doubt
    Love everything that brushes past your skin and lives inside your soul.
    Love yourself.
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    Read all the books that make you whole.
    Read all the books that pull you out of the present and into the future.
    Read all the books about women who get tattoos, and break hearts, and rob banks, and start heavy metal bands.
    Read every single one of them.
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    Do not be afraid.
    Do not doubt yourself.
    Do not hide
    Be proud of your inhaler, your cane, your back brace, your acne.
    Be proud of the things that the world uses to make you feel different.
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    Love your fat fucking glorious body.
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    When you hurt someone else, sit down, and think, and think, and think, and then make it right.
    Apologize when you fuck up.
  • forgetenotcompartió una citahace 3 años
    The amount of things that I could handle in a day had been reached.
  • forgetenotcompartió una citahace 3 años
    “Weird is the only way to live,” she said
  • forgetenotcompartió una citahace 3 años
    The three of us passed two young white women who had been in the workshop with us. They were near the water fountains. I paused for a sip.
    White Girl #1: “I loved the workshop but like I don’t get why the white ally thing has to be such a big deal, like why do we have to be the quiet ones? All our voices matter, you know?”
    White Girl #2: “No I understand, it’s like in my feminism we’re equals. Why does any group have to have the dominant voice? I know reverse racism isn’t technically real but like this kinda felt like that.”
    Maxine and I rolled our eyes. I didn’t really know what was wrong with what they said but it felt weird. Their tone and the fact that this was what they took from the workshop felt strange but like, whatever; white girls say dumb shit sometimes.
    But Harlowe spun around and addressed them.
    “It’s not about having a ‘dominant voice.’ It’s about women of color owning their own space and their voices being treated with dignity and respect. It’s about women of color not having to shout over white voices to be heard. We are the dominant force almost all of the time. White women are the stars of all the movies. White women are the lead speakers in feminist debates, and it’s little white girls that send the nation into a frenzy when they’ve been kidnapped. So if for like one or two hours in a small classroom somewhere in Oregon, a group of women of color have a workshop and have decided to open it up to us, we should be fucking grateful and not whining about how we’re not the most important or equally as important. Our entire existence is constantly being validated and yeah, we have lots of shit to deal with because of the patriarchy. But for goddess sake, check your privilege. We’re the ones that need to give women of color space for their voices.”
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    Seriously, some of my best friends are libraries.
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