Mama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 24, 2020

so some folks treat black woman as subhuman, garbage, worthless.

And a great deal of the rest of people treat black woman as larger then life, invulnerable, invincible, infinitely capable and going to save everybody if you just stand out of their way and let them do all the work.

Where is the room for instead of sub or super to just be human?

Show threadMama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 24, 2020
I think this super human image and not being able to measure up to that is a large part of my fucked up relationship to gender, to community, and to myself.
Show threadMama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 25, 2020
Like I was saying to someone else others have talked about this much earlier then me. See attached article and the things it references: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-women-are-not-your-superheroes
Black Women Are Not Your Superheroes

Black women are not yours at all. Black women are saving themselves.

Show threadMama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 25, 2020
So yeah folks opinions are like either black women should take misery and pain because they deserve it or black women should take misery and pain because they can handle it and that idea even if you don't buy into it explicitly can fuck you up being so prevalent.
Show threadMama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 25, 2020

I remember I was musing about things in the shower one morning and thought to myself, what you just said sounds like you're saying you don't feel comfortable claiming black womanhood because you haven't suffered enough to earn that title you know that's super fucked up right?

And yeah it is. Both in minimizing things I have struggled through and in caving to outside pressure to let struggle and pain be a defining characteristic.

Show threadMama Wati[Imani]🏴⚧Jul 25, 2020

Idk, I worry I'm articulating this poorly and maybe I should just shut up but...

I guess I'm trying to remind myself I don't need to suffer enough to level up to authentic or some shit. And I don't need to be a savior or larger then life or anything like that. Just being me and surviving is doing a lot right now.

Show threadmaloki 🍍
@imani you're articulating it just fine.
Jul 25, 2020 at 2:40pmWeb