Larakaa

“We spend too much time teaching girls to worry about what boys think of them. But the reverse is not the case. We don’t teach boys to care about being likable. We spend too much time telling girls that they cannot be angry or aggressive or tough, which is bad enough, but then we turn around and either praise or excuse men for the same reasons. All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“You shouldn't believe what you don't understand. You should understand what you believe.”
― Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full

“I wanted to be that kind of shining adult. But would I get there if I was always worrying about what my parents thought?”
― Nagata Kabi, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

“Science fiction is always about the time it’s written in. 1984 was always about 1948. Science fiction is social fiction.”
― Warren Ellis