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"Instead of asking whether anyone should be locked up or go free, why don't we think about why we solve problems by repeating the kind of behaviour that brought us the problem in the first place?" Ruth Wilson Gilmore

"Th truth about sexual assault & rape & patriarchy & white supremacy & other abuses of power is tht we are swimming in them, in a society tht has long normalised them, & tht they often play out intimately.

Th truth is, sometimes it takes a long time for us to realise th harm tht has happened to us. And longer to realise we have caused harm to others."

"...I have been trying to discern when a call out feels powerful, like the necessary move, versus when it feels like a feeding frenzy."

"My third unthinkable thought - why does it feel like we are committed to punishment, and enjoying it? Why do our movements more & more often feel like we are moving with sharp teeth against ourselves? And what is at stake because of that pattern, that feeling?"

"Th tools of swift & predatory justice feel good to us, familiar, groove in the hand easily from repeated use & training, briefly satisfying. But these tools are often blunt & senseless."

less than 2 weeks to go here so now I'm stressed about all the books I haven't read yet eeeeeeh!!!