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"First 3 chapters in, feeling hella grim. Thousand years history of old pederastic Roman culture, might be a while before I wrap my head around to pick up the book and read it again.
A friend suggested to skip to chapter 11 right away if I'm not comfortable with all that triggering histories. I might as well tear the book in half!" — Sep 15, 2018 06:18AM
"First 3 chapters in, feeling hella grim. Thousand years history of old pederastic Roman culture, might be a while before I wrap my head around to pick up the book and read it again.
A friend suggested to skip to chapter 11 right away if I'm not comfortable with all that triggering histories. I might as well tear the book in half!" — Sep 15, 2018 06:18AM
“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“To accept one's past—one's history—is not the same thing as drowning it it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we’ll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through difference. We should be able to say, “This is my truth,” and have that truth stand without a hundred clamoring voices shouting, giving the impression that multiple truths cannot coexist.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
“All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small, we think, That's terrible, but we do nothing. We say nothing. We let other people fight their own battles. We remain silent because silence is easier. Qui tacet consentire videtur is Latin for 'Silence gives consent.' When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
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