Jade

“Women matter. Women are half of us. When you raise every woman to believe that we are insignificant, that we are broken, that we are sick, that the only cure is starvation and restraint and smallness; when you pit women against one another, keep us shackled by shame and hunger, obsessing over our flaws rather than our power and potential; when you leverage all of that to sap our money and our time—that moves the rudder of the world. It steers humanity toward conservatism and walls and the narrow interests of men, and it keeps us adrift in waters where women’s safety and humanity are secondary to men’s pleasure and convenience.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“You will be able to stop hurting people when you stop hurting yourself.”
― Kai Cheng Thom, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom”
― Rumi

“It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed.”
― Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice