Lee Harrington > Quotes

“privilege - the degree to which your reality and worldview is considered ‘normal’ and ‘natural’ by ‘mainstream’ culture or a given subculture; the degree to which you are safe from oppression; and the extent to which your right to existence is not constantly questioned and undermined.”
― Lee Harrington, Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries

“the socially-marginalized must teach the other socially-marginalized; because we are able to facilitate, hold space, and support one another from some of our shared experiences.”
― Lee Harrington, Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries

“Diversity is important in celebration, theology, and cosmology.”
― Lee Harrington, Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries

“The arbitrary assignment of characteristics such as bravery, nurturing, or creativity to one gender or another should not be sacralised and reified, but rather broken down, challenged, and resisted.”
― Lee Harrington, Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries