Ami

“At times I felt like the most visible invisible woman in the world.”
― Arundhati Roy, Mother Mary Comes to Me

“When it came to me, Mrs Roy taught me how to think, then raged against my thoughts. She taught me to be free and raged against my freedom. She taught me to write and resented the author I became”
― Arundhati Roy, Mother Mary Comes to Me

“You become who you socialise with, so I am careful when choosing company.”
― Jenny Mustard, What a Time to Be Alive

“When you experience something your whole life, it can be hard to allow yourself to see it, let alone to recognise it as something out of the ordinary. Something wrong. It’s even harder when you’ve been trained, nudged or, in some cases, forced to dismiss these incidents, instead of acknowledging, discussing or reporting them, and when other people have reacted to them as though they are normal. Or funny. Or your fault. Shame and silencing can be very difficult to unpick.”
― Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women