You Have Nothing to Lose

Stella's defining characteristic as an activist, as a person, really was that she did not care about respectability when she was fighting for her cause. She took after her mother in this way but she was also her father's child. There were certain things that yanzis just did not do, like drink from a plastic cup. Stella lost a baby in prison. She had a miscarriage. But she also lost little things, the right to sit on a chair or sleep with the lights off, or drink from a glass. They'd sent one to her. What they were trying to say to me was, haste. Illu think you have nothing to lose. Let's show you