Bethany

“There is nothing novel or comedic or righteous about men using the threat of sexual violence to control noncompliant women. This is how society has always functioned. Stay indoors, women. Stay safe. Stay quiet. Stay in the kitchen. Stay pregnant. Stay out of the world. If you want to talk about silencing, censorship, placing limits and consequences on speech, this is what it looks like. She”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“Imagining the worst has always been a great comfort to me. If there is turbulence there is an imminent crash. If she doesn’t pick up the phone, she is fucking someone. If there is a lump it is a tumor. By thinking like this I protect myself from disappointment. And if anything other than the worst-case scenario unfolds, what a pleasant surprise!”
― Marc Maron, Attempting Normal

“We do not know alone. Dracula”
― Eula Biss, On Immunity: An Inoculation

“But if disease is a punishment for anything, it is only a punishment for being alive. When”
― Eula Biss, On Immunity: An Inoculation