"(I am still at a loss for where I got the confidence to do so, but I am forever grateful to the version of myself that said yes. Yes to to learning more about Black art. Yes to the things that I knew I needed to see in the world.)" pg. 20
When I read this quote I immediately fell in love with it. Oftentimes times we allow fear and lack of confidence to ruin things and opportunities that can be beneficial to us and our growth. We have this fear in our heads attached to things that aren't even there. Things that we feel less confident in turn out to be great experiences and opportunities, especially in Kimberly Drew's case.
"... we don't have to subscribe to anyone else's idea of success."pg.52
I chose this quote because I felt like this is something a lot of people struggle with. I believe that social media is the reason for this. Many people compare their own lives to the people of social media. Social media causes people to believe that their idea of being successful is incorrect because of a celebrity or social media influencer. We have to realize that every accomplishment big or small is a product of succeeding.
"Small actions foster change." pg.61
This quote is very simplistic but I love it. We have in our minds that we always have to go above and beyond to advocate for change but it's the small gestures that matter. It's the small things that make a big difference.
As a plus-size African-American woman, I instantly fell in love with this image. Seeing this made my heart smile due to the lack of representation plus-size African-American women receive in art. The first thing that popped up in my head was white plus-sized women are usually profiting off of body positively meanwhile plus-sized black females who started the movement, starve. People tend to overlook the struggles faced being a plus-sized female. You deal with the fears of dating, being the oddball out in friends, shopping is 10 times harder, etc. I loved the representation this image brought.
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