Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.

Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force.

... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.

. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.

Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.