Lauren

“Because no, this is not what happens on my version of the internet, where opinions are either inconsequential (what does your coffee mug really say about you?) or authoritative, loud and devoid of all nuance.”
― Nora McInerny, Bad Vibes Only

“YF: Okay, I think I get it. What you’re saying is that, either way, no matter what I do as a woman, I can’t win? There’s always going to be compromise? OF: Yes. YF: That sucks. OF: Not if you change your perspective. YF: How do you mean? OF: Well, if you’re going to be punished either way, tell me, what option does that leave you with? YF: To do whatever the fuck I want? OF: Exactly.”
― Florence Given, Women Don't Owe You Pretty

“Patriarchy exists in the Bible because the Bible was written in a patriarchal world.”
― Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

“Anxiety is a serious and sometimes debilitating mental health issue that affects millions of people worldwide, but when you’re, say, trying to explain to another person who has not fallen down the spiral staircase of your worst thoughts why exactly you’re unable to walk through a grocery store without imagining every single can, shelf, and cart rotting in a future landfill, poisoning our soil and returning as radioactive carrots and kale, you have to admit that it’s also… a little embarrassing.”
― Nora McInerny, Bad Vibes Only