Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place … - Cherrie Moraga

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I spent two months in a jail once. In a Mexican border town.

Cherrie Moraga

Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place of our greatest longings for freedom - give meaning to our lives.

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The nationalism I seek is one that decolonizes the brown and female body as it decolonizes the brown and female earth

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