Mesha McMullen

“The saddest part of the night is when I peel my bindi off my forehead and let it fly into the wind a symbolic parting with a piece of myself.”
― Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men.

“Rocked, he sank into a sea of chamomile as it grew agitated and seethed.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Consider how often you have dismissed your own appearance, behaviors, emotions, and aspirations for being too feminine or masculine. What might your life be if you didn't impose these designations on yourself, let alone on me? What if you were to challenge yourself every time you feel afraid of me and all of us who are pushing against gender expectations and restrictions? What if you cherished us as archetypes of realized potential? What if you were to surrender to sublime possibility, yours and mine? Might you then free me, at last, of my fear and of your own?”
― Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men.

“[...] good is a nebulous standard. And our desire for something that can't really be measured outside of religious teachings and morality only sets us up for disappointment and sets up every gender for failure.”
― Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men.