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Gail Simone
“If loss makes you doubt your belief in justice, then you never truly believed in justice at all.”
Gail Simone, Wonder Woman, Vol. 3: The Circle

Alysia Abbott
“The heavy warlike losses of the AIDS years were relegated to queer studies classrooms, taught as gay history and not American history.”
Alysia Abbott, Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father

Lisa See
“As I speak, I’m reminded of the old saying that diseases go in through the mouth, disasters come out of the mouth, meaning that words can be like bombs themselves.”
Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

Lisa See
“So often, we're told that women's stories are unimportant. After all, what does it matter what happens in the main room, in the kitchen, or in the bedroom? Who cares about the relationships between mother, daughter, and sister? A baby's illness, the sorrows and pains of childbirth, keeping the family together during war, poverty, or even in the best of days are considered small and insignificant compared with the stories of men, who fight against nature to grow their crops, who wage battles to secure their homelands, who struggle to look inward in search of the perfect man. We're told that men are strong and brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat, and bear physical and mental agony much better than men. The men in my life—my father, Z.G., my husband, my father-in-law, my brother-in-law, and my son—faced, to one degree or another, those great male battles, but their hearts—so fragile—wilted, buckled, crippled, corrupted, broke, or shattered when confronted with the losses women face every day...Our men try to act strong, but it is May, Yen-yen, Joy, and I who must steady them and help them bear their pain, anguish, and shame.”
Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

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