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“I will proclaim all of my mistakes and contradictions, for all the women who cannot do so, for all the women we've called muses without learning their names, whose silence we mistook for consent. I stood on their shoulders to get here.”
― My Body
― My Body
“they asked "do you love her to death?"
i said "speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life”
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i said "speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life”
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“I killed a plant once because I gave
it too much water. Lord, I worry
that love is violence.”
― Citizen Illegal
it too much water. Lord, I worry
that love is violence.”
― Citizen Illegal
“I want to calculate my beauty to protect myself, to understand exactly how much power and lovability I have.”
― My Body
― My Body
“Lines were never clear between us. The house didn’t help: it was a place with no boundaries. Children who grow up in homes like mine, just them and their parents with no separation, physically or emotionally, become experts in a very particular type of seeing. We learn to see things that are hidden, and things that aren’t there at all. We become particularly sensitive to the moods and emotions of others. We are nimble and excellent at shape-shifting. We oscillate between feeling special and feeling alone. We feel simultaneously capable of both saving and destroying those we love.”
― My Body
― My Body
Shilpa Rap’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shilpa Rap’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
168 books
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61 friends
274 books
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24 friends
777 books
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131 friends
138 books
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32 friends
248 books
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9 friends
352 books
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7 friends
1,031 books
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17 friends
40 books
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7 friends
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