Woke Quotes

“Take every opportunity to resist the plague of cultural appropriation. Racial boundaries must be strictly policed. Unlike gender, which is totally fluid.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Before I was even out of the crib I was self-harming with my nappy pin. By the age of four, I was suffering from both anorexia and chronic overeating. When these two conditions occur simultaneously it can be difficult to spot, because the victim ends up eating a regular amount of food on a consistent basis.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“If you don’t want to be censored, don’t say the wrong things. It really is that simple.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“I had been breastfed for the first six months of my life. Did my mother not realise that I was a vegan? Did she even care? Either way, this was abuse.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“For those who don’t know, ‘Antifa’ is an abbreviation of ‘antifascist’, which means they’re allowed to punch people in the name of tolerance.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“In any case, if it is true that men are superior at sports, why is it that transgender athletes tend to win more medals after they transition to female?”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Males will often cite pseudo-scientific fields of study such as ‘biology’, ‘medicine’ or ‘endocrinology’ to prove that men are the physically stronger sex, although you’d be hard pushed to find a respectable feminist who takes any of this seriously.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“To give a tangible example of our achievements, consider how the definition of the word ‘Nazi’ has been successfully broadened to include anyone who voted for Brexit, has ever considered supporting the Conservative Party or who refuses to take the Guardian seriously. Although this is a great victory for the progressive cause, it does mean that there are now more Nazis living in modern Britain than even existed in 1930s Germany.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“And say what you will about ISIS, but at least they're not Islamophobic.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Imagine thinking that free speech meant that people can say whatever they want, whenever they want. That’s exactly how Nazi Germany started.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“As far as I’m concerned, you’re not entitled to call yourself a feminist if you haven’t been out marching for rights you already have while dressed as a massive cunt.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“When women are valued more than men, then and only then will we have achieved true equality.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Recently, police in the UK have been petitioning the general public to ‘report non-crime hate incidents’, which would incorporate ‘offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing’. In this new woke era, our law enforcement agencies are not content to police crime, but also non-crime. This is a huge relief, because for a long while now too many citizens have been not breaking the law and getting away with it.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“I use the term ‘POC’ because it is a convenient way to group all non-whites together without having to go to the trouble of identifying their differences. Needless to say, this is particularly helpful when it comes to oriental countries like Japan, China and Siam, whose citizens are pretty much indistinguishable.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“There’s a simple formula. If it entertains, it’s entertainment. If it offends, it’s hate speech. It’s up to the woke elite to supervise the boundaries. Join us.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“On this matter, I highly recommend Robin DiA ngelo’s scintillating book White Fragility. If you’ve ever wondered why honkies get so uppity when you call them racist without any apparent justification, this is the book for you.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually and semantically correct than about being morally right. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Ihave words of wisdom for all young girls. No matter what you do in life, or how much you achieve, you will always be victims of the patriarchy. Understanding this is the key to your empowerment.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“By the time this book is published, I am confident that there will have been a second referendum. After all, only 1,269,501 more people voted to Leave than to Remain. No serious mathematician would consider that any kind of ‘majority’.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Cultural appropriation is the principal signifier of white privilege. ‘All white people,’ states Guardian columnist Lola Okolosie, are implicated ‘in white supremacy’. In other words, literally every white person you have ever met is a racist. It stands to reason.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“More recently, Labour MP Dawn Butler took umbrage at a new brand of ‘jerk rice’ that had been marketed by television chef Jamie Oliver. ‘Your jerk rice is not ok,’ Butler tweeted. ‘This appropriation from Jamaica needs to stop.’ For me, angry tweets addressed to celebrity chefs are what being a Member of Parliament is all about.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Men are trained from birth to disregard the desires of women. Come to think of it, the process is initiated long before that. All males begin their lives within the bodies of their mothers. They are literally inside a woman without her verbal consent. I cannot put this explicitly enough. The very first thing a male does in his life is to rape his own mother.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“We need to challenge the lazy assumption that people aren't racist just because they don't say or do racist things.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“On the other hand, as screenwriter Daisy Goodwin has pointed out, by depicting women in powerful roles producers are guilty of ‘airbrushing reality’. I would therefore like to see more shows in which women are depicted as powerful in order to send a positive message, but simultaneously depicted as weak in order to reflect the ways in which women are oppressed in society.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“If Luke Skywalker had been cast as an aborigine back in 1977, racism would have been eliminated by now.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“In a sense, one’s internet presence is one’s true personality. Old-fashioned ‘face-to-face’ conversation is all very well, but the best way to debate serious political issues is surely through an online forum in which you won’t have to deal with the potential intimidation that comes with actual human contact, and thoughts need not be developed beyond a 280-character limit. In addition, it’s important to be able to block people who disagree with you to avoid being triggered by challenging opinions.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Twitter in particular is a cesspit of the far right. It’s got to the point where if someone doesn’t have ‘antifascist’ in their bio, it’s safest to assume that they’re a fascist.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“We all know how romantic entanglements with males can go. One minute he’s inviting you into his home for an innocent cup of coffee, the next you’re at the bottom of a well in his basement applying copious quantities of lotion.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“I voted for Jeremy Corbyn reluctantly, because as an intersectionalist I would have preferred a black lesbian in the role. But there’s always the possibility that Corbyn might transition at a later date, or that Diane Abbott might assume the Labour Party leadership and develop a taste for flange.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

“Over the past few years I have become a formidable presence on the live slam-poetry scene. For those of you who are unfamiliar with slam, it’s like regular poetry but with extra pauses. And there’s usually a lactose-free buffet at the end.”
― Titania McGrath, Woke: A Guide to Social Justice