Rachel
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You've been suffering too, and I've missed everything. Something's going on between you two, isn't it?" "I … I don't even know. But please," I pleaded. "Please don't do that. If I needed you, I'd tell you." "No, you wouldn't. Not right
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“I want to text him. I want to call him. I want to take the elevator and go downstairs to smell him. But I’m not going to. I’m not that weird. Overtly, at least.”
― Stuck with You
― Stuck with You
“Okay, I know you can’t see it, but I’m holding up the fetishisation card.” “What does that card even look like?” “It looks like two adorable men in sweaters holding hands under a rainbow.” “I thought you wanted to hold hands with an adorable man under a rainbow.” “I do, but the fact you want it almost as much as I do is what makes it creepy.”
― Boyfriend Material
― Boyfriend Material
“Sometimes, you can half believe you’ve been hurt so much you’ve basically been vaccinated. Rendered immune. And then someone says something like that to you.”
― Boyfriend Material
― Boyfriend Material
“We are vulnerable even when we are not. We are vulnerable even when we have not chosen to be. The existence of Black women is always under assault. Our hair is an insult and our bodies are violated. Our Black brothers, sons, fathers, daughters, mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunties are all vulnerable. We can disappear, be assaulted, be murdered under the color of law without recourse. Despite our credentials and accolades, we can be the first to be laid off. We know this and we are reminded of this. We are always vulnerable—living without certainty and at risk.”
― You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
― You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
“Okay.” I drew in a calming breath. “Let me try to explain. Most of the people who aren’t you understand that capitalism is exploitative and climate change is a problem and that choices we make can support things that are bad or unjust. But we survive by a precarious strategy of not thinking about it. And reminding us of that makes us sad, and we don’t like being sad, so we get angry.”
― Boyfriend Material
― Boyfriend Material
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