Unity

“Must not the oppressed become the oppressor in order to further change?”
― Saara El-Arifi, The Battle Drum

“But just then, a herd of deer clipped down the street, followed by a topless unicycle collective.”
― Chana Porter, The Seep

“I also understand how easy it is to be pulled into a web of lies. How a simple recipe for purpose and belonging can also be used to brew something poisonous and deadly.”
― Saara El-Arifi, The Ending Fire

“It wasn’t until human beings stopped moving that women with sexual independence started gaining a bad rap, because once owning land became desirable, people wanted to be able to pass it down to their children, and in order for men to know who their children were, female monogamy became a must. To create a system of inheritance, societies became patriarchal, and any remaining notions of goddess-like sexual liberation went kaput.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language