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“It’s an awful thing, you know, to be tolerated—everyone needs you, nobody wants you.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“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.”
― The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
― The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
“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?”
― Femme in Public
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?”
― Femme in Public
“This isn’t the end of the world, little Fatima,” he said in a voice that was almost kind. “It’s only the end of the world you know.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“He speaks of nothing but you,” Deng said in a quieter voice. “No—that’s not quite true. He speaks of many things, but you are part of each of them.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
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