toni cade bambara: i start with the recognition that we are at war

captioned live! we took one hour to read four paragraphs together. excerpt from: Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara, edited by Thabiti Lewis. I don’t usually save my lives because (1) that requires editing and I am already drowning in administrative work and (2) I enjoy existing in temporal space for only a moment in time, rather than being replayable and rewatchable and forwardable all the time. it’s a weird thing to watch happen to your personhood. but this one i found to be really lovely and helpful, so here it is. i hope you enjoyyy. Alrighty. So I didn't really like, I didn't really like nonfiction until I got to graduate school— specifically because I did not find it worth it. I was only given nonfiction— and I want to know if this is just me here; I mean, if you're watching the replay, just tell me in the comments when I answer, when I ask a question that you might like to answer, but specifically for you all with me live: how many people here were only given nonfiction as hom

captioned live! we took one hour to read four paragraphs together. excerpt from: Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara, edited by Thabiti Lewis. I don’t usually save my lives because (1) that requires editing and I am already drowning in administrative work and (2) I enjoy existing in temporal space for only a moment in time, rather than being replayable and rewatchable and forwardable all the time. it’s a weird thing to watch happen to your personhood. but this one i found to be really lovely and helpful, so here it is. i hope you enjoyyy. Alrighty. So I didn't really like, I didn't really lik