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all about love — bell hooks
"Learning how to face our fears is one of the ways to embrace love. Perhaps our fear will not go away, but it will no longer stand in our way. Those of us who have chosen to adopt a loving ethic, allowing it to govern and guide how we think and act, know that by letting our light shine, we attract and are attracted to others who also keep their flame burning."

Alessandra Martins
Aug 104 min read


Learn to leave the table
Nina Simone canta que você precisa aprender a deixar a mesa quando o amor não está mais sendo servido.

Alessandra Martins
Aug 73 min read


I am myself
Este poema faz parte do livro Voa, Sankofa, Voa! e denuncia os abusos, estigmas e estereótipos impostos ao corpo da mulher negra.

Alessandra Martins
Jul 312 min read


Bubbles I’ve Burst
Reflection on Breaking Paradigms

Alessandra Martins
Jul 312 min read


When Childhood Isn’t a Place of Longing.…
Today I woke up feeling nostalgic. I put on a playlist, and the memories came flooding in. As Azul da Cor do Mar played—a song I love...

Alessandra Martins
Jul 314 min read


Between wonder and despair: The trail that almost killed me
I decided to take on a 30 km hike in the Grand Canyon in just one day. I almost didn’t make it back. The recent death of the young...

Alessandra Martins
Jul 314 min read
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