alexispauline
@alexispauline
Same handle on IG. Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist. Author of UNDROWNED and SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: THE ETERNAL LIFE OF AUDRE LORDE (image @harmeetrehal)
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POV: You didn’t realize how long your own book was until the galleys arrived.
Thank you Audre Lorde. We need you NOW.
Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. Soon come. August 20th 2024.
#nottherealcover us.macmillan.com/books/97803746…
Reading LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: Mothering Against the Apocalypse:
“What does it mean to occupy the complex position of ‘mother,’ principally responsible for bringing life into a fallen world?” —Emily Raboteau
“Those of us who nurture the lives of those children who are not supposed to exist, who are not supposed to grow up, who are revolutionary in their very beings are doing some of the most subversive work in the world.” — alexispauline, Revolutionary Mothering
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Happy #MothersDay to the revolutionary mothers/lovers 🌸
“We say that mothering, especially the mothering of children in oppressed groups, and especially mothering to end war, to end capitalism, to end homophobia and to end patriarchy is a queer thing…” 1/
Finally, our first piece published online. 'Mothering' by alexispauline. parapraxismagazine.com/articles/mothe…
I was a junior in college The New School in April '68 & active in the anti-war movement. Then students occupied Hamilton Hall for a week before cops were called. Last week Columbia University called NYPD in less than 24 hours. #DivestNow #StopTheGenocide SmithCaringCircle Black Women Radicals
To the brave students: if you want AK Press books at your encampment, please reach out to us at [email protected]!
Photo credit: Hannah LaFollette Ryan, who photographed a camper at the City College Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Harlem reading Constructing Worlds Otherwise.
“Martin Luther King is in jail, but no one arrests any members of the Ku Klux Klan.” —Malcolm X, in his final speech (at Barnard College) before his assassination. #abolition #copsoffcampus 🍉
On 5/14, join us virtually for Poetry as a Catalyst. In this conversation, poet-activists Tamiko Beyer, franny choi and alexispauline will discuss how to engage with poetry to catalyze social change, justice and liberation. Register today at: bit.ly/dodgecatalyst
And NEVER call the police on students, esp students whose bodies are already vulnerable to vicious state action. This is 1st order wisdom from the history of student movements. #Orangeburg1968 This places President Shafik on the list of those who should never administrate again.
