About
Derrika L. Hunt, Sylvia Renee's child.
lover | dreamer | poet | traveler | world lover | black feminist | anti-colonial thinker| ecowomanist
Meet Derrika
I am a dreamer. For as long as I can imagine, I have been dreaming. I believe dreams are ripe with possibility. I believe dreams are portals to elsewhere and beyond. I am a visionary deeply committed to transforming my dreams into reality. Learn more about my dream work and offerings on the book with me page!
“I name myself “lesbian” because this culture oppresses, silences, and destroys lesbians, even lesbians who do don’t call themselves “lesbians.” I name myself “lesbian” because I want to be visible to other black lesbians. I name myself “lesbian” because I do not subscribe to predatory/institutionalized heterosexuality. I name myself lesbian because I want to be with women (and they don’t all have to call themselves “lesbians”). I name myself “lesbian” because it is part of my vision. I name myself lesbian because being woman-identified has kept me sane. I call myself “Black,” too, because Black is my perspective, my aesthetic, my politics, my vision, my sanity.”
(“New Notes on Lesbianism” (1983) in The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005)
