Voices through Visuals

Too many women walk with keys in between their fingers for protection. Too many women guard their drinks because it might get drugged if left unattended. Too many women have lists upon lists of tactics they use to protect themselves and their friends "just in case".

It's not all men. But all women are scared. And that's the point.

Happy Women's History Month and say hello to Toni Morrison!
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I figured this would be a great month to start a feature. Every Friday, I will share a post that features a woman that I've found inspirational and some of my favorite quotes from them.
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The main reason why I started this instagram account was to build a platform to raise other minority voices through my illustrations. That's why I've wanted to find a way to celebrate the amazing, bada** women that have paved the way for so many of us -- especially minority women.
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And who better to start off the than Toni Morrison! I've just finished reading the Bluest Eye and am in awe of her writing. She was an award winning author, professor, and activist. Morrison was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
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Let me know in the comments who else you'd like me to feature next!!
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A huge shoutout to all the amazing women out there ✨✨

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Chapter 7: Culture
Book: How to be an Antiracist
Author:
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"Hip-hop has the most sophisticated vocabulary of any American musical genre. I read endlessly its poetic text. But parents and grandparents did not see us listening to and memorizing gripping works of oral poetry. They saw -- and still see -- words that would lead my mind into deviance."
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No 👏🏽 Such 👏🏽 Thing

Book: How to be an Antiracist
Chapter 6: Body
Author: