Joey C

“When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see you or hear you...when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked in the mirror and saw nothing. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this non-being, into which you are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.”
― Adrienne Rich, Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose, 1979-1985

“The Ptolemies were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra approximately as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor.”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra

“How, in this country, the wealthiest country in the world, can we allow children to go hungry?”
― Kirsten Gillibrand, Off the Sidelines: Speak Up, Be Fearless, and Change Your World

“And, baby, when you think of me
I hope it ruins rock 'n' roll
Regret me”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six