Sarah

“The trouble is that so many people, most of them women, think they have to have a perfect body to be loved. But all it has to do is be capable of loving—and being loved,” he added. “Oh, Jean, please tell that to the world.” Samy laughed and passed him the on-board microphone. “We are loved if we love, another truth we always seem to forget. Have you noticed that most people prefer to be loved, and will do anything it takes? Diet, rake in the money, wear scarlet underwear. If only they loved with the same energy; hallelujah, the world would be so wonderful and so free of tummy-tuck tights.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“true safety for women of color requires an end to the “war on drugs,” broken windows policing, and the “war on terror”; the elimination of gender as a marker of access to public space, public benefits, and protections; the removal of police from schools, hospitals, public housing, and health-care settings; and the repeal of “mandatory arrest” and other policies that facilitate the criminalization of survivors of violence; and support rather than violence and criminalization for pregnant people and mothers of color.”
― Andrea Ritchie, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color