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"One night of violence was what she needed. One night to not care what anyone thought, to shit where she pleased, to *not be needed by any living thing*, and to be only a body in motion in the dark, a shadow, a ghost of herself, who listened only to the mandates of her body."

"All that is to say, what should a woman fight for? Given her limited resources, limited time and energy and inspiration, what is worth fighting for?
I don't have any answers other than art seems essential, as essential as mothering. In order to be a self, it is essential. I should perhaps cease being a person without it."

"Sure, it's bad, but since you are a woman, this is your lot in life, your work, to do what's hard, what's unspeakably painful, and then to keep this covenant of silence."

Shudder.
Break the silence. Acknowledge reality.

"...having a baby did not, in any way, represent a departure from work to which a woman might, theoretically, one day return. It actually, instead, marked an immersion in work, an unimaginable weight of work, a multiplication of work exponential in its scope, staggering both physically and psychically, that even the most mentally well person might be brought to her knees beneath such a load..."

"Every August, Lewis would bemoan his crop of creatively arrested students, ranting to Wren about the crushing effects of neoliberalism in public schools and how the chronic lack of arts funding was a form of systemic social oppression.
If we don't value artists as the most visionary among us, what will be left of this world? What is left but the pursuit of more money, more things?"

"Wren was better with meal planning and financial matters. Lewis was better with obscure pop culture references and spontaneous art projects involving, for example, neon-colored spray paint, a jigsaw, and the entire garage. Some days they balanced each other out nicely. Other days Wren and Lewis existed on opposite ends of the house, not speaking."

Um, ideal? 🤣 at the very least, this is not awful.

"It is highly likely that there are plenty of other animals out there where individuals have a consistent preference for members of their own sex, it is just that sheep and primates are both intensely studied animal groups.
The more we look, the gayer the world undoubtedly is."
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"What is certain is that gynandromorph individuals are teaching scientists that the processes behind sex determination are nowhere near clear-cut. A complex dance is at play between chromosomes, hormones, proteins and chance. The more we learn about sex, the more we find exceptions to the rule."