Cheyenne Sons

“ready for a
harsh truth?

women
don't need
your validation.

we
already have
our own.

- my self-worth shouldn't feel like an act of bravery.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“women
don't endure
simply because
we can;

no,

women endure
because we aren't
given any other
choice.

- they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“And Leah’s also into slash fanfiction, which got me curious enough to poke around the internet and find some last summer. I couldn’t believe how much there was to choose from: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy hooking up in thousands of ways in every broom closet at Hogwarts. I found the ones with decent grammar and stayed up reading all night. It was a weird couple of weeks. That was the summer I taught myself how to do laundry. There are some socks that shouldn’t be washed by your mom.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“He leered at Auntie and asked if she’d show him which body parts were Indian. She throat-punched him. While he was gulping for air, my aunt told him he just experienced a real Indian fist and she had another if he wanted to see that one too.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter