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I can't believe I hadn't read this! I think I tried maybe 10 years ago and couldn't get into it. Jess' story - struggle and solitude - along with how gender presentation and queer existence was lived before my time (in fact, this book was published a
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“As long as we believe that there is something that will permanently satisfy our hunger for security, suffering is inevitable.”
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
“the point is still to lean toward the discomfort of life and see it clearly rather than to protect ourselves from it.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“Justice is not a natural part of the lifecycle of the United States, nor is it a product of evolution; it is always the outcome of struggle.”
― From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
― From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
― Unbought And Unbossed
― Unbought And Unbossed
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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