Jasmine K

“where do all of the sad girls go?

in this world that requires us
to write poems about the people who have their hands
wrapped around our necks for the very people who have
their hands wrapped around our necks to recognize
that they indeed have their hands wrapped around our
necks?”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Femme in Public

“When wealthy people create foundations, they’re exempt from paying taxes on their wealth. Thus foundations essentially rob the public of monies that should be owed to them and give back very little of what is taken in lost taxes. In addition, their funds are derived from profits resulting from the exploitation of labor. That is, corporations become rich by exploiting their workers. Corporate profits are then put into foundations in order to provide “relief” to workers that are the result of corporate practices in the first place.”
― Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

“Most people find it easier not to see me until they have to,”
― G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

“to the two men who yelled: “that’s a man in a dress! hey
everyone that’s a man in a dress!” while pointing at me
on sixth avenue:
i wanted to turn around and point back, shout:
“hey everyone that’s an insecure man, that’s an insecure
man! that’s an insecure man!”
― Alok Vaid-Menon