i have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I, a black African Muslim lesbian, am not included in this vision; that my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in a decadent, amoral Western society that has corrupted who I really am. But who am I, really? Am I allowed to speak for myself or must my desires form the battleground for causes I do not care about? My answer to that is simple: ‘no one allows anyone anything.’ By rejecting that notion you discover that only you can give yourself permission on how to lead your life, naysayers be damned. In the end something gives way. The earth doesn’t move but something shifts. That shift is change and change is the layman’s lingo for that elusive state that lovers, dreamers, prophets and politicians call ‘freedom’.

Diriye Osman

Tag: inspirational lgbt feminist empowerment-of-women lesbian-fiction african-literature

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A feminist is someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.

Sheryl Sandberg

Tag: feminist

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And I breathe large at home. I drop my cloak,
Unclasp my girdle, loose the band that ties
My hair...now could I but unloose my soul!
We are sepulchred alive in this close world,
And want more room.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Tag: freedom philosophy feminism liberation feminist

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Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

Tag: power feminism feminist women-s-rights

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