Author: Trelani
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15 Survival Lessons from Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Series
15 Survival Lessons from Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Series
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I extracted these lessons from Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. I also shared this list on TikTok and, as one person commented, “People spend a lot of time pointing out the ways [Octavia Butler] predicted today’s tragedies. They forget to see the ways…
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Foremother Fridays – Week 10: Harriet Tubman x Octavia Butler
Foremother Fridays – Week 10: Harriet Tubman x Octavia Butler
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Parable of the Sower was written in 1989, published in 1983, but the book is set in 2024-2027. #OctaviaButler got down with this one. Her foresight was prophetic. She saw the climate crisis, the rise of corporate control, the collapse of social structures, etc. This week’s theme is NextGen to…
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Foremother Fridays – Week 9: Sojourner Truth
Foremother Fridays – Week 9: Sojourner Truth
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This week, we celebrate caregivers, the ones who step into every gap, fight for our loved ones when no one else will, and remind us: care begins with believing we deserve it. Sojourner Truth embodied that fierce devotion. When her son was illegally sold into slavery, she prayed, she marched…
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Foremother Fridays – Week 8: Ida B. Wells x Zora Neale Hurston
Foremother Fridays – Week 8: Ida B. Wells x Zora Neale Hurston
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Ida B. Wells knew that the state wasn’t built to protect us. That we had to protect each other, and ourselves. She once said: “A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every Black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to…
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Foremother Fridays – Week 7: Ella Baker x Audre Lorde
Foremother Fridays – Week 7: Ella Baker x Audre Lorde
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When we talk about real power, I think we have to talk about anger, too. So for the reading today, I chose Audre Lorde’s essay The Uses of Anger. It’s one of the clearest expressions, to me, of what power can look like when rooted in truth and community. She…