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I will come to my sisters not dutiful, I will come strong.

Pat Parker-Where Will You Be

Brother - Pat Parker

my lover is a woman - Pat Parker

Don't let the fascists speak - Pat Parker

Pat Parker - Woman Slaughter

Pit Stop - Pat Parker

When I was a child - Pat Parker

For Straight Folks Who Don't Mind Gays But Wish They Weren't So Blatant - Pat Parker

Have you ever tried to hide? - Pat Parker

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

WHAT DO COLORISM, HOMOPHOBIA, AND MISOGYNY HAVE IN COMMON?

How are you breaking the bonds of internalized colorism, homophobia and misogyny?

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Books

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Books

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Press

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS YOUR SURVIVAL STORY?

HOW DO YOU TRANSFORM HURT AND ANGER INTO SOMETHING USEFUL?

[See also, Audre Lorde’s, “Litany for Survival,” and “The Uses of Anger, Women Responding to Racism.”]

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Movement in Black ©Pat Parker 1978 Firebrand Books

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

HOW DO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF YOUR IDENTITY EXPRESS THEMSELVES?

HOW DO YOUR DIFFERENT IDENTITIES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER?

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU NEED?

See also, “The Bridge Poem,” by Donna Kate Rushin