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Identity & self expression

Below are the best resources we could find on Identity and self expression.

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Saeed Jones on Growing Up Black and Gay in the South | Xtra

Xtra’s senior editor Eternity Martis spoke to Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight For Our Lives, about writing, self-care, protest and how people of colour and LGBTQ2 folks can fight for their lives in the Trump era.

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FindCenterI was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn’t know who I was or wanted to be.

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Saeed Jones: Writing Yourself Out of “The Room”

In this clip from Overheard, poet and author Saeed Jones talks about why he wrote his memoir, “How We Fight for Our Lives.”

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Toni Morrison on Language, Evil and ‘the White Gaze’

Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, returned to Cornell March 7, 2013, for a conversation about literature, politics and, especially, language.

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The Struggle Is Real: The Unrelenting Weight of Being a Black, Female Athlete

The cultural messages can be harsh, dehumanizing and constant

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FindCenterReputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

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Language: Race, Labels and Becoming Featuring Eniafe Isis, Writer, All Her Words

In this conversation with Eniafe Isis, we talk about language, race, labels and how together, they heavily influence the eloquence or the challenge in how we speak love into ourselves and how we believe in ourselves.

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Sexual Trauma: Shame, Healing and Resilience Featuring Deun Ivory, Creative Director, Founder, The Body: A Home for Love

In this first episode, I spoke to Deun specifically around the work of her nonprofit called The Body: A Home for Love, a wellness and healing space for black women who are survivors of sexual assault.

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Motherhood: The Fourth Trimester, Transformation, Womanhood Featuring Qimmah Saafir, Founder, Hannah Magazine

Today we’re joined by Bronx-native Qimmah Saafir. Qimmah is the creator of self-published HANNAH, an independent journal that celebrates and provides safe spaces for Black women.

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FindCenterBut above all, in order to be, never try to seem.

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