Kit Balter

“In other words, changing the earth’s climate in ways that will be chaotic and disastrous is easier to accept than the prospect of changing the fundamental, growth-based, profit-seeking logic of capitalism. We probably shouldn’t be surprised that some climate scientists are a little spooked by the radical implications of their own research. Most of them were quietly measuring ice cores, running global climate models, and studying ocean acidification, only to discover, as Australian climate expert and author Clive Hamilton puts it, that in breaking the news of the depth of our collective climate failure, they “were unwittingly destabilizing the political and social order.”55”
― Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

“I always try to stay positive, but right now I just want to scream and cry a little. I have an amazing support system here, but sometimes I feel like I can't cry or be mad because they think I'm not being positive.”
― Lynda Wolters, Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need

“Happy Birthday, Sweetheart.”
― Kyle Keyes, Under the Bus

“Remember—a woman’s brain wasn’t fully developed until she was 27.”
― M S M Barkawitz, Feeling Lucky