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“We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough.”
― How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
― How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
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“Q: Why write about slavery? Haven’t we had enough stories about slavery? Why do we need another one?
A: I could have written about upper middle class white people who feel sad sometimes, but there’s a lot of competition.”
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A: I could have written about upper middle class white people who feel sad sometimes, but there’s a lot of competition.”
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“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.”
― Sister Mine
― Sister Mine
“Like the rich boarding school kid who gets away with a hit-and-run, getting away with it doesn’t mean that you’re lawless but that you are above the law. The bad-boy artist can do whatever he wants because of who he is. Transgressive bad-boy art is, in fact, the most risk-averse, an endless loop of warmed-over stunts for an audience of one: the banker collector.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
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