Jennie

“Gotama did for the self was Copernicus did for the earth: he put it in its rightful place, despite its continuing to appear just as it did before. Gotama mo more rejected the existence of the self than Copernicus rejected the existence of the earth. Instead, rather than regarding it as a fixed, non-contingent point around which everything else turned, he recognized that each self was a fluid, contingent process just like everything else.”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

“Controversial issues often stem from conflicting beliefs about what is factual. This is why learning how to discern facts from conjecture, disinformation, and misinformation must become an essential goal of schooling.”
― Zoe Weil, The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries

“For women to navigate menopause, they need facts because empowerment requires accurate information—but they also need feminism because our bodies, our medical care, and even our thoughts have been colonized by the patriarchy.”
― Jennifer Gunter, The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

“And as for you, Holden, old son: if you happen to meet my body coming through the rye, I'd really appreciate it if you'd just stand aside and get out of my fucking way.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork