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Trauma didn’t age like wine. Theirs was a robust creature, a veiny thing that had taken its time growing thick roots and soaking up nutrition.
“But the myth that all mothers love their daughters erases the truth that many women know: maternal love didn’t feel good. The fantasy of maternal love did not apply. The myth creates confusion for many daughters who never knew this kind of tenderness.”
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
“Hatred, I learned quickly, was the antidote to sadness. It was the only safe feeling. Hatred does not make you cry at school. It isn’t vulnerable. Hatred is efficient. It does not grovel. It is pure power.”
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
“Okay, but like, what of anyone’s father. Goodness, we can’t be disappointed by men we never once believed in.”
― Model Home
― Model Home
“Sometimes people tell me that something bad happened to me, but I am brave and strong. I don’t want to be told that I am brave or strong. I am not right just because he was wrong. I don’t want to be made noble. I want someone willing to watch me thrash and crumple because that, too, is the truth, and it needs a witness.”
― Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
― Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
“In a nutshell, white sharia is the argument that white men should adopt their own version of what they perceive as the Islamic practice of enslaving women. The aim would be to remove white women’s sexual autonomy and force them (through brutal rape and servitude) to become “baby factories.” This would enable white supremacists to ensure the “purity” of their race”
― Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
― Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
Vic’s 2025 Year in Books
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120 books
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103 books
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40 books
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