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“If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.”
― dr. gail dines

“One would have to lose one's wits to believe in a God, and to become a complete imbecile to adore Him.”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom

“Traditionally, in american society, it is the members of oppressed, objectified groups who are expected to stretch out and bridge the gap between the actualities of our lives and the consciousness of our oppressor. For in order to survive, those of us for whom oppression is as american as apple pie have always had to be watchers, to become familiar with the language and manners of the oppressor, even sometimes adopting them for some illusion of protection. Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them. In other words, it is the responsibility of the oppressed to teach the oppressors their mistakes.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“But I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I guess I was crying because we had nowhere else to go, no choice but to go on living in this world. Crying because we had no other world to choose, and crying at everything before us, everything around us.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven