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The Primal of Blood and Bone (Blood and Ash, #6)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)

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Inferno (Chronicles of Nick, #4)

by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)

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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
― Noam Chomsky

tags: belief, believe, despise, expression, freedom, freedom-of-expression

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“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”
― Noam Chomsky

tags: apathy, complacency, consumerism, control, learned-helplessness, resignation, the-powers-that-be

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“..Acts of appropriation are part of the process by which we make ourselves. Appropriating - taking something for one’s own use - need not be synonymous with exploitation. This is especially true of cultural appropriation. The “use” one makes of what is appropriated is the crucial factor.”
― bell hooks, Art on My Mind: Visual Politics

tags: appropriation

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