There are a lot of problems here. Pick a problem you think you can solve, and solve it. —Dr. Dave Warner, humanitarian and neuroscientist
“Feminism is really just the long slow realization that the things you love hate you.”
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
“No matter what our intentions, everything we say and do in the pursuit of justice will one day be outdated, ineffective, and yes, probably wrong. That is the way progress works. What we do now is important and helpful so long as what we do now is what is needed now.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
“Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books.”
― On Tyranny: The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing In 2025
― On Tyranny: The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing In 2025
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