There’s nothing white folks hate more than realizing they accidentally treated a Negro like a person.
“This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. People see bodies like mine and make their assumptions. They think they know the why of my body. They do not.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity,” she said simply. “It is a decision she must make for herself. When government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.”
― Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
― Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Death was precious. That didn't change the fact that life was limited.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
“You’re nobody’s doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
“To be clear, the fat acceptance movement is important, affirming, and profoundly necessary, but I also believe that part of fat acceptance is accepting that some of us struggle with body image and haven’t reached a place of peace and unconditional self-acceptance.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
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