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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles

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The Pervert

by Michelle Perez

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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

by Julia Serano (Goodreads Author)

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Transfeminismo by Letícia Nascimento

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Quando resgato a provocação de Sojourner, “E eu não sou uma mulher?”, quero reelaborá-la inserindo o verbo “poder” — “E não posso ser eu uma mulher?” — exatamente para enfatizar a existência de discursos que circulam socialmente, inclusive ...more

Melyssa’s Quotes

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

tags: art, capitalism, change, literature, power, resistance, writing

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“Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs.”
― Imogen Binnie, Nevada

tags: gender

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