Tangled in Text

“A white woman may well be punished for an emotional outburst when interacting with men, but if she is engaged in a terse interaction with a woman of color and she becomes emotional, by which I mean either angry or distraught, with or without actual tears, the deeply embedded notions of gender and femininity are triggered and it is the white woman who is likely to be vindicated.”
― Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

“She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“If the story of my life could say one thing, I’d hope it would show the importance of venturing into the highways and the hedges to let invisible people know they’re seen and loved. To invite them in.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“It was freeing in a way, to have a family built on love by choice and not relational obligation.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging