“„Menschen so zu bezeichnen, wie sie bezeichnet werden wollen, ist keine Frage von Höflichkeit, auch kein Symbol politischer Korrektheit oder einer progressiven Haltung – es ist einfach eine Frage des menschlichen Anstands.”
― Sprache und Sein
― Sprache und Sein
“The best way to eliminate a group is to demonize them, such that their disappearance is seen as an act of justice, not discrimination.”
― Beyond the Gender Binary
― Beyond the Gender Binary
“Little sparks cause fires too.”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
“Although it condemns "discrimination" and advocates "freedom of choice", liberal feminism steadfastly refuses to address the socioeconomic constraints that make freedom and empowerment impossible for the large majority of women. Its real aim is not equality, but meritocracy.”
― Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
― Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
“i have often wondered what resides in an accent. is it a presence - an identity, a trajectory, a history? or is it rather an absence - an estrangement, a withdrawal, a blank space refusing to be filled? and are we immigrants synonymous to our accents? or are we, or can we ever aspire to be, more than that? this is not to deny that our accents are fundamentally important to who we are, and they are near and dear to our hearts. they are an inextricable trace of the paths we have travelled, the loves we have loved and never forgotten, the scars we still carry and which still hurt. but that doesn't mean we are from our accents.”
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
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