Rebecca Walker

thumb|Rebecca Walker in 2003 Rebecca Walker (born November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Quotes Part of what I wanted to do with Baby Love was to suggest that not only are you giving birth to a baby, but also you can use the experience to give birth to a new sense of yourself. On her book Baby Love in “'Can I survive having a baby? Will I lose myself ... ?'” in The Guardian (2007 May 26) Their take on me was, 'Look, you're not afraid you will be gassed, you're not drinking out of the coloured water fountain; you've got it really good,' so they didn't really understand that being biracial and the child of divorce would affect me in the way it did. On her childhood and perceived lack of empathy on the part of her parents in “'Can I survive having a baby? Will I lose myself ... ?'” in The Guardian (2007 May 26) She once told me that because I am lighter-skinned than her I would be treated better, and then the divorce from my father, I think she felt betrayed by whiteness in a certain kind of way, and I represent that whiteness. On reconciling her biracial identity with her mother (author) Alice Walker in “'Can I survive having a baby? Will I lose myself ... ?'” in The Guardian (2007 May 26) And then she said and I have Rebecca, you know? Sort of the idea is I was delightful, and she said I was delightful, but in the context you could see I was a calamity nonetheless. I mean I think there was a real ambivalence about the role of children in lives of independent, thinking women. And what was transmitted to me was not that being a mom was the worst possible choice, but that it could definitely be a serious hindrance. And that there were other things worth pursuing more. On learning that she was considered a calamity to her mother’s creative spirit in “Rebecca Walker Explains Rift With Mother, Alice” in NPR (2008 Jul 9) Adé: A Love Story (2013) I had too much power, I thought. I might consume him out of my own curiosity simply because I could. I could stay or go. He could not. He had too much power, I thought. He could reject me. He could break me in two. What the heart desires is medicine to itself. You are my first love.” And then, “You will be my only love. External links Category:African-American feminists Category:Political activists Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Novelists from the United States Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:People from Mississippi