Amanda

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

“The kindest words my father said to me
Women like you drown oceans.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“I am examining the inaccurate claiming of “abuse” as a substitute for problem-solving. I make plain how this deflection of responsibility produces unnecessary separation and perpetuates anxiety while producing cruelty, shunning, undeserved punishment, incarceration, and occupation.”
― Sarah Schulman, Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

“for you to see beauty here
does not mean
there is beauty in me
it means there is beauty rooted
so deep within you
you can't help but
see it everywhere”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey