Personal is Political.
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Personal is Political: Reflections on Toni Cade Bambara
S. E. Anderson and Rosemari Mealy: Hearing Toni’s voice in her poetry presentations was both serious-determined with a jazzy lyrical flava. I strongly believe Sista...
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Personal is Political: Toni Cade Bambara
Paula J. Giddings: The relevance of the to-do list, nearly a half-century later is remarkable; the sensibility definitely our own; and the attitude shaped the...
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Personal is Political: bell hooks Remembers Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara was a central and important figure in the development of my political conscience, because she was by far one of the most...
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Personal is Political: The Unbearable Hush of My Day Job
Though I declined the opportunity to speak face to face with my harasser, as I was afraid of being made to feel even more uncomfortable,...
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Personal is Political: Late Bloomer
Of course, “slut” was cloaked in phrases like “appropriate appearance” and “giving a professional impression.” Sitting across from this woman who obviously had not signed...
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Personal is Political: Thank You So Much for Telling Me I’m Pretty
Thank you so much for telling me I’m pretty. Because I can’t possibly know if I’m pretty unless you tell me. How could I know?...
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Personal is Political: Can the Subaltern Catcall?
If we wish to sincerely practice intersectionality in our feminism, then we must look with eyes unclouded by idolization at the white feminists of the...
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Personal is Political: The Myth of Diversity and Critical Thinking in American Academia
American ideals about meritocracy and “pulling yourself up by your boot straps” are myths. They simply do not exist. Education in a capitalist system is...
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Personal is Political: Memories of My Grandmother
I hope I can live through life's ups and downs like she did, by deeply adoring the happy moments and enduring the bitter ones with...
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Personal is Political: Get Your Hormones Out of My Body
I believe that any safe birth control option should be made available to anyone (male or female) who wishes to exert control over their reproductive...
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Personal is Political: An Open Letter to amerika
When people say racism doesn’t exist, they are blinded. They are blinded by the privilege and high property value that their skin possesses; they are...
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Personal is Political: Love Note: Renewed Hunger
Life, vitality, uncertainty—that’s the terrain you tread on when you rid yourself of comforts that your sickness afforded you.
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Personal is Political: Daddy’s Little Bluebird, Daddy’s Little Girl
I hadn't known it then, but my only protector had died. And so did my childhood.
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Personal is Political: On Impact We
LieDieI was in 9th grade, 14, at the start of this story, 5 years past my first period, past my first training bra, and a...
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Personal is Political: The Other Girl: How I Found Feminism When My Mother Went to Prison
I was only 15 when it happened, but it took years for me to understand that other girls weren’t interested in hearing about my hurt....
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Personal is Political: On Institutional Abuse in Psychiatric Facilities (Part II)
I made a commitment then and there to do everything within my power to make mental healthcare a safe and affirming space for all the...
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Personal is Political: On Institutional Abuse in Psychiatric Facilities (Part I)
I told the nurses politely that I wished to leave, knowing this wasn’t the best environment for my health. This statement alone made me an...
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Personal is Political: My Vagina (Part II)
This isn’t my way of confessing that I’d rather have a vagina, or that I’ve ever seriously thought about it. It’s just my way of...
