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“The shrieking and cackling of other students makes me flinch and dart around them, like a fish on the reef trying to avoid barracudas. Their volume and their nearness is completely undeliberate, they don't know what it's doing to me, but it feels cruel. It feels like they're doing it on purpose.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

tags: autism

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“I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

tags: autism

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“The mask shatters into a thousand pieces. Halfway to her, I stumble, drop to my knees, and begin to cry.

She's like me, she's like me, she's like me, and I'm safe.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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“I think the entire world depends on people pretending they don’t know they’re doing terrible things.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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“I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to keep me safe.

There is no joy in that. Only fear.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

tags: masculinity, society, trans-men, transgender

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