Shalita Grant

Shalita Grant Instagram – Define and Empower ✨
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“The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a ‘crucial strength’ is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, ‘divide and conquer’ must become ‘define and empower.’”
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I embraced this principle in 2018. It has sincerely enhanced all aspects of my life. In our world, being ‘different’ is dangerous. You are in “danger” of cruelty, rejection or being crushed (“Oh but what will people say”) And we are conditioned to believe we have to respond in kind to demonstrate our ‘freedom’. Yea no. The Masters Tools will never Dismantle the Masters House.
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Our differences are our super powers. Define the boxes society has placed you in, define the many identities you are forced to reject, define it all and empower yourself to love, accept and protect yourself and the souls you encounter on this journey. Be a lighthouse even if you’re surrounded by light dimmers.
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Happy (belated) Birthday Audre Lorde. And thank you for your many treks around the sun.
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