"Do not believe that your anger has to be polite. That you need to be liked. They tell you how “proper” women should interact & react. That anger is mere emotion. As if anger has not changed laws, as if anger is notneeded to disrupt what hurts us. As if anger cannot be righteous." — Ijeoma Umebinyuo @theijeoma
Nobody warned you that the women whose feet you cut from running would give birth to daughters with wings. - @theijeoma —— Photography of @trevor_stuurman #StuurmanStyleDiary —— with @vliscofashion @asiyami_gold —— #trevorstuurman #theijeoma #nobodywarnedyou #blackart365
Ijeoma Umebinyuo. be gentle with yourself (via theijeoma)
#Repost @theijeoma (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x9z2hnoEj/?igshid=67qtig67kof3
A loved one long lost to me to self hate, anger, emotional and physical abuse is slowly returning to herself. I don’t know if she is truly ready for the journey toward healing and freedom, but I hope she is. So I listened and I forgave and I sent a book of @theijeoma’s poetry and I hope it helps her find her own voice and her own strength. God answers prayers, even those quietly spoken for many years. #selflovejourney #raisingself #poetry
💓 @theijeoma https://www.instagram.com/p/CEVfQKmnsRgvhkmz8A4hhF5loaR4s-biDA37yI0/?igshid=ivfb8yz75wqk
Here's to 16 year old Jenn just arriving in America, totally incapable of dreaming what the ride would be. Keep on, sister. "Here’s to the security guards who maybe had a degree in another land. Here’s to the manicurist who had to leave her family to come here, painting the nails, scrubbing the feet of strangers. Here’s to the janitors who don’t even . . . understand English yet work hard despite it all. Here’s to the fast food workers who work hard to see their family smile. Here’s to the laundry man at the Marriott who told me with the sparkle in his eyes how he was an engineer in Peru. Here’s to the bus driver, the Turkish Sufi who almost danced when I quoted Rumi. Here’s to the harvesters who live in fear of being deported for coming here to open the road for their future generation. Here’s to the taxi drivers from Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt and India who gossip amongst themselves. Here is to them waking up at 4 am, calling home to hear the voices of their loved ones. Here is to their children, to the children who despite it all become artists, writers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, activists and rebels. Here’s to Western Union and Money Gram. For never forgetting home. Here’s to their children who carry the heartbeats of their motherland and even in sleep, speak with pride about their fathers. Keep on." - @theijeoma https://www.instagram.com/p/B17YOyZhmOF/?igshid=10u1963m7bf9o
Reposted from @feminism_in_print - Feeling this 😮 - @theijeoma via @refinery29 . . . . #WorkingOnMyself #SelfCare #SelfDevelopment #girlsupportgirls #FemaleEmpowerment #GirlBosses #GirlBoss #feministaf #BloggersOfInstagram #Femtrepreneur #WomenWhoHustle #bossbabe #girlpowerlicious #girlpower #selfconfidence #powerofpositivity - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx3smF0AlJz/?igshid=137nngqvdwpp0
Ijeoma Umebinyuo @theijeoma
Part of @theijeoma 's poem on Fatima Koll's graduation cap as she graduates from Columbia University: "Here's to their children who carry the heartbeats of their motherland and even in their sleep, speak with pride about their fathers" 🎓😭
…and I see a lot alike despising the very people who sacrificed and still sacrifice their life to make *who they think they are*.The irony of LIFE.May we not become them…..
three routes to healing by Ijeoma Umebinyuo (@theijeoma)
“At our highest selves we are unstoppable...” @theijeoma #lovenotetoself❤️ (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHnUefEBJgT/?igshid=h6uvg5s7fxtt
"The women who are silence were never satisfied. The day their daughters were born, they unwrapped their voices and passed it to them." @theijeoma Photo & styling by @g0ldhrtd Poms by @soulandrhapsody
Sarah was an amazing lawyer. She was an even better person. Everyone who came in contact with her is a better person for having known her. No matter how long you knew her or how long it had been since you had seen her, she made an impact. The world lost a champion. I lost a friend. RIP Sarah. Art by @theijeoma https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8hngspI8M/?igshid=4e6bd47q08cj
✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿 #rp from @theijeoma #TakeAKnee #TakeTheKnee
It's officially my last day as a foundation doctor 🎉 As of tomorrow I will be a speciality trainee in general practice 😊 Only took 10 years to get here 🙈 #Repost @spiritualgangster • • • • • The time is always right ✨🙌 #trustyourself #itstime #raiseyourvibration Words: @theijeoma via @wetheurban https://www.instagram.com/p/B00Gj7LDAoD/?igshid=9ueuy2xrdphe
#LoveNotetoSelf❤️ via @theijeoma (at Joy University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YJrskBfh6/?igshid=1cj2zks01tqya
Sua mãe, e a minha, estão na cultura do patriarcado antes de nós... O que fazemos para ajudá-las a se fortalecer? "Perdoe sua mãe por todos os milagres que ela não pôde realizar" @theijeoma PERDOE, LIBERTE ELA E SE LIBERTE https://www.instagram.com/p/BxW-_raDUqy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5bst70rk4anw
🌊. @theijeoma https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7bt3_n-7B2C0JVugG4QLLQ5rl08qAwXtU5Q40/?igshid=gjqpzd2loyh
