“We are strong Black Women. We may not want to be, but when life calls, we got no choice” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“How to heal Read Books Listen to Jazz Ride Motorbikes Get Tattooed” — Malebo Sephodi Books Copy Share Image
“Because books saved my life, literally, I've become close to them” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“in pursuit of that glorious healing - until then, i’m a whirlwind” — Malebo Sephodi Black-women-quotes Copy Share Image
“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best… — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
“Society is obsessed with women's bodies and I take my body back by doing whatever it is that I want to do… — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
“Our bodies knock and we pretend like we can't hear They knock to tell us to rest to slow down They knock… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“In nude protests, the very same body that is objectified and subjected to endless scrutiny and policing is used to reclaim power.” — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
“I am shedding. I am not a new me. I am my old me in my new me. I remain, carved with… — Malebo Sephodi Artist Copy Share Image
“Self-love for me means accepting who I am and dealing with the perceived flaws that I live with” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“When I am a fool to your gaze I will beg for you to see me But it won't be for long… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“we take pictures and videos as love letters to our future selves - reminders of who we are, where we've been and… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“On top of dealing with the emotional trauma associated with conscious and unconscious recalling, you must deal with the possibility of no… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“don’t pressure yourself to write. don’t tie your craft to trends. don’t chase virality. remain true to your gift. be gentle and… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“do you hear them? they sing like their hearts might burst the trees sift their tunes weaving a sacred dialogue between the… — Malebo Sephodi Black-woman Copy Share Image
“Give yourself some grace, because being stripped down alone and having to navigate specific systems of power is a particular kind of… — Malebo Sephodi Capitalism Copy Share Image
“We should, at all times, insist that we belong to ourselves and have the agency to make decisions about our own lives.… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“Love is what our ancestors practiced when they chose to keep breathing in a world designed to suffocate them. Love is the… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“although there are many factors that contribute to women's body-image issues, we cannot ignore the role that society plays in the aesthetics… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“To misbehave us to denounce the social norms that limit individuals based on who they are. That to make history is to… — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
“I write from Spirit. When it’s time for me to write, I have to lose myself in that world - meet my… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“I write for... I wish I could write purely for fun – I wish I could wake up in the morning and… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“to walk between the spiritual and physical is to carry a specific kind of medicine. but to share it effectively, you must… — Malebo Sephodi Journey Copy Share Image
“I want to live in a liberated intersectional society. As long as inequality and discrimination exists, I cannot be satisfied with the… — Malebo Sephodi Activism Copy Share Image
“Storytelling, independent of literary rules and grammar conventions, is the ability to build, play, experiment, sculpt, weave with words, sounds, texture and… — Malebo Sephodi Black-women-writers Copy Share Image
“Thinking - thinking real hard. My grandmother knew when I was down. She knew what to do She would encourage me to… — Malebo Sephodi Black-women-quotes Copy Share Image
“I imagine some artists like myself love the spotlight. It is a beautiful thing to have your art recognised. for it to… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“i’ve arrived at a sort of emancipation moment. one that allows me to cultivate joy and pleasure in ways that feel liberatory.… — Malebo Sephodi Black-women-quotes Copy Share Image
“Oh Child Look within Find your ForeMothers Find them Find them” — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
“What else must we do and say? What else must the oppressed do for a taste of freedom?” — Malebo Sephodi African-feminism Copy Share Image
