Amanda

“Never make the mistake of believing forberance equates to acceptance, or that all positions are equally valid.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

“False accusations of harm are used to avoid acknowledgment of complicity in creating conflict and instead escalate normative conflict to the level of crisis. This choice to punish rather than resolve is a product of distorted thinking, and relies on reinforcement of negative group relationships, when instead these ideolo-
gies should be actively challenged. Through this over-statement of harm, false accusations are used to justify cruelty, while shunning keeps information from entering into the process. Resistance to shunning, exclusion, and unilateral control, while necessary, are mischaracterized as harm and
used to re-justify more escalation towards bullying, state intervention, and violence. Emphasizing communication and repair, instead of shunning and separation, is the key to transforming these paradigms.”
― Sarah Schulman, Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

“Thank you for excluding me so much. I got so fed up that I found my way out.”
― Leslie Roach, Finish this Sentence

“what is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives”
― Rupi Kaur