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“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.” -Angela Davis •Avid 🧑🏾‍🌾 •Quote Enthusiast📚 •Surviving on Dark Chocolate, Dong Quai, Wild Yam Root, Uncle Nearest, and GARDENING which protects YOU from ME and me from myself! 🌺🌺🌺

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 25m

“What would be revolutionary is for white folks to stop asking us what to do and start asking other white folks why they refuse to do it. To stop seeking moral instructions from the wounded and start wounding the system that keeps making new victims.”

Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social · 1d

“How can I be a good white ally?” “What do I do?” “How do I show POC that I’m one of the good ones.”

Be like John Brown!

John Brown didn’t ask enslaved people how to be an ally. So why do y’all keep asking us? The question itself is the violence.

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John Brown Didn’t Ask Enslaved People How to Be A Good White Ally

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 13h

Day 1

Day 1: super excited for this new series!! What do you think it’s gonna be? #crochet #shorts #fyp

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 13h

Oh my goodness, I want one.
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Day 14: final day! My very first elephant statue! What should I make next?? #series #explore #diy

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 14h

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John Fugelsang Takes Down Christian Nationalism in A SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 14h

“Trump isn't the reason why evangelicals turned to racism. They were racist all along.”

-Professor Anthea Butler, White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

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White Evangelical Racism, Anthea Butler
I listened to it last summer while in my sanctuary aka garden.

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 14h

I finished Separation of Church and Hate + enjoyed it. Loved the levity used throughout the book. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Prof. Anthea Butler’s book referenced + to hear Bryan Stevenson mentioned as well.

Next Up: 107 Days

#BlackBookSky

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Separation of Church and Hate, John Fugelsang (Finished)

107 Days, Kamala Harris (Next Listen)

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

…”I ain’t no alcoholic.”

I ain't no Alcoholic

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

Headed out to get more spirits, because spirits and gardening go together.
🧑🏾‍🌾 +🍷= 😁

Me in my Angela Davis quote t-shirt

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
Angela Y. Davis

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

I always enjoy when Dr. Carr breaks out in song. #JOY

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

I drank up the rest of my Uncle Nearest Rye last night. Please believe, I am NOT in the mood for NO WHITE NONSENSE today! I knew good and GD well I should’ve bought a 2nd bottle-the 1884 at the distillery.
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Me holding a bottle of Uncle Nearest Rye, at least what was left of it as of last night.

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

Past is prologue. Bigotry becomes, hell has always been policy. And they wonder ‘Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?’

Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social · 2d

The leaked GOP chat didn’t expose anything new. It confirmed what we’ve known all along. The 'jokes' are the dry run for the racial violence.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Why We Don’t Feel Safe Around White People We Don’t Know

The leaked Republican group chat confirms what history already taught us — they really do want to kill us. The only question now is which ones.

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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 1d

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 1d

Still blooming, despite 30° and 40° temperatures.

•Cosmos
•Coneflower
•Ice Plant
•Hardy Hibiscus

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 3d

Stabbed them in the parking lot for taking too long at the checkout?!?! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

Full chest!!!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

This is that, “I come as one but I stand as ten thousand” energy.
🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

Thee Lost Edges of Candace & Nina🪥 @nching0.bsky.social · 4d

🗣️TAKE THE MASK OFF

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

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“We are the only people who are criticized for loving ourselves and white people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me.”
-John Henrik Clarke

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

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“Racists will always call you a racist when you identify their racism. To love yourself now - is a form of racism.”
-John Henrik Clarke

•Balloon Flower

Final purple balloon flower of the season. They have all set seed.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

•Dianthus
•Cosmos
•Cosmos
•Dill

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

•Hardy Geranium
•Cosmos
•Garden Phlox
•Cosmos

“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.”

-Alice Walker

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 4d

•Additional Nasturtiums
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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Heartbreaking: Neo-soul legends Angie Stone and D’Angelo both passed away in 2025, just 7 months apart. Stone died in March at 63. D’Angelo died today at 51. They shared a son together. An entire generation’s soundtrack, gone. Rest in power to both 🕊️💔

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 5d

“In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.”
-Alice Walker

•Nasturtiums
I think the leaves look like little parasols.

Variegated Nasturtium
Orange, Red with flecks of Gold

Orange Nasturtium that presents like a deep gold.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 5d

Sky Full Of Elephants ☑️
I enjoyed listening to this book and I loved the premise. However, I would’ve like to have heard more of what we created in this new existence and I was hoping for a slightly different ending.

Next Up: Separation of Church and Hate

Happy reading/listening!

#blackbooksky

Screenshot of books on my virtual shelf.

Sky Full Of Elephants
Separation of Church and Hate

LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 5d

“Sit at the feet of feminine energy and just listen. Woman'll tell you everything we need to do, everything we want, is here already. Been here. It's just we've been using the wrong tools to access it.”
-Hosea
#SkyFullOfElephants