Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

by Franchesca Ramsey

“With intersectional feminism, it’s our responsibility as white women to recognize that when there are people of color or people who are queer—we need to prioritize your voices and let you speak the loudest and learn from your experience, because we haven’t been listening,”

when you’re giving a speech, the audience wants you to succeed. (Otherwise, they have to sit through an excruciating talk.)

When your adversary is someone who has serious issues to work through, it doesn’t matter how smart your comeback is or how sympathetic and honest you are—you just can’t win.

By committing to march down the path of “political incorrectness,” you’re saying you’re willing to sacrifice relationships with anyone who finds your language unacceptable.

as long as people have air in their lungs and Wi-Fi in their pockets, there will always be someone who makes you second-guess the access they have to your time and timeline.