I think I had some inkling of my own sexuality even then, and all that happened was that as I read the Bible my loneliness increased.
“To be “unmanly” is, of course, within our gender binary system, to be feminine, and here lies the essence of gender socialization for males: they need, at all times, to distance themselves as much as possible from anything constructed by the culture as feminine. The feminine hence becomes feared—and that which we fear, we also learn to despise.”
― Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
― Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
“His death, of course, is unbearable. His death is intolerable, unspeakable, unfair, insufferable; I agree; I learned it since the day I was born; terrible; his death is terrible; are you crazy; are you stupid; are you cruel? It's absurd; it's silly; unjustified; uncivilized; crazed; another madwoman, where's the attic? He didn't mean it; or he didn't do it, not really, or not fully, or not knowing, or not intending; he didn't understand; or he couldn't help it; or he won't again; certainly he will try not to; unless; well; he just can't help it; be patient; he needs help; sympathy; over time. Yes, her ass is grass but you can't expect miracles, it takes time, she wasn't perfect either you know; he needs time, education, help, support; yeah, she's dead meat; but you can't expect someone to change right away, overnight, besides she wasn't perfect, was she, he needs time, help, support, education; well, yeah, he was out of control; listen, she's lucky it wasn't worse, I'm not covering it up or saying what he did was right, but she's not perfect, believe me, and he had a terrible mother; yeah, I know, you had to scrape her off the ground; but you know, she wasn't perfect either, he's got a problem; he's human, he's got a problem. Oh, darling, no; he didn't have a problem before; now he's got a problem. I am on this earth to see that now he has a problem. It is very important for women to kill men; he's got a problem now.”
― Mercy
― Mercy
“Woman is not born; she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.”
― Pornography: Men Possessing Women
― Pornography: Men Possessing Women
“She had a warmth, a light, that drew me into her orbit—I was a moth and she a flame, I the tides and she the moon. Whatever we were, she was always, always the light, and I the thing skulking in the dark.”
― A Treachery of Swans
― A Treachery of Swans
“Laura Palmer as a metaphorical image represents every woman who has gone through sexual assault. I would ask people to listen to her and see her image for what it is and take her seriously. I don’t think that we ever have. FWWM was dismissed by critics. It took years upon years to finally accept that it was a good movie. Sheryl Lee’s career disappeared after that. All of this is because people did not listen to Laura Palmer.”
― Laura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks
― Laura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks
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