Joking about poverty is a hallmark of women in poor spaces, while more privileged people tend to regard it with precious sadness—a demonstration of their own sense of guilt, perhaps, or lack of understanding about what brings happiness.
“But strict limits to intimacy are the straight man’s burden.”
― Purity
― Purity
“Happy people didn’t tell lies.”
― Purity
― Purity
“Women of color, queer women, and transgender women need to be better included in the feminist project.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
“Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“A fact of my life was that I had a morbid fear of reproach, especially from women.”
― Purity
― Purity
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