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"Damn, I wish I'd had this when I was in my 20s and 30s. The push to decenter men isn't something I was aware of then, or it wasn't being openly talked about. I'm glad that has changed, it has done wonders for my inner peace." — 18 hours, 6 min ago
"Damn, I wish I'd had this when I was in my 20s and 30s. The push to decenter men isn't something I was aware of then, or it wasn't being openly talked about. I'm glad that has changed, it has done wonders for my inner peace." — 18 hours, 6 min ago
“Slavery was not merely an unfortunate thing that happened to black people. It was an American innovation, an American institution created by and for the benefit of the elites of the dominant caste and enforced by poorer members of the dominant caste who tied their lot to the caste system rather than to their consciences.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“Perhaps one of the most brutal of white male privileges is the opportunity to live long enough to regret the carnage you have brought upon others.”
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
“It is the third time, she realizes, that she’s buying furniture for a house, the third time she’s piecing together scattered, unnecessary objects, trying to build a life around them.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“When I talk about mediocrity, I talk about how we somehow agreed that wealthy white men are the best group to bring the rest of us prosperity, when their wealth was stolen from our labor.”
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
“Nostalgia is an affliction. Someone said that once in front of Alia, and the words reach her now, years later. Like a fever or a cancer, the longing for what had vanished wasting a person away. Not just the unbearable losses, but the small things as well. Alia thinks of her bedroom in Nablus. The seashells she filled with bobby pins.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
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Lynzo’s 2025 Year in Books
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