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“There are more locations than girl and boy, man and woman. Decamping from one does not have to mean climbing into another. There’s plenty of space in between, or beyond the bounds, or all along and across the plane or sphere or whatever of gender, and it is entirely okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shall be a boy.” But it must also be okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, so I shall set about changing what it means to be a girl,” and, yes, okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shan’t.”
― S. Bear Bergman, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You

“Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward. The relative ease of using negative emotions for the purposes of addiction and manipulation makes it relatively easier to achieve undignified results. An unfortunate combination of biology and math favors degradation of the human world. Information warfare units sway elections, hate groups recruit, and nihilists get amazing bang for the buck when they try to bring society down.”
― Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

“August can feel her face glowing red to match the scarf, like a giant, stammering, bisexual chameleon. An evolutionary mistake.”
― Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

“The company should develop an in-house style guide, so when different people are writing different sections of the proposal, it still flows. Lay out your preferred capitalizations, words you don’t use, words you like, acceptable humor level, and include some dos and don’ts.”
― Rick Webb, Agency: Starting a Creative Firm in the Age of Digital Marketing