Stacia

“alternative number 2: all the men are sent to new jersey
& the women's army air corps guards all tunnels & bridges/
airport, bus & train stations to make sure that no men invade
the state during rape prevention month. since there are
actually 50 states in the union/ i imagine we cd pair off
& alternate during the year/ so at any time maybe some 25
states wd be free of rape for a month.”
― Ntozake Shange, Three Pieces

“I can never figure out if he really believes the things he says he believes in, or if he's just killing time, or gets pumped up by fake news the way other people do about sport. He reels off information that not even the most poorly informed of my aunts and uncles would dream of repeating in a co-op group chat, and for Conejo it's all true, with no room for doubt: truth is a state of mind, a lifestyle choice.”
― Daniel Saldaña París, The Dance and the Fire

“You don't often see the in-between, do you? You don't often see the part where you walk in silence and don't touch one another, the part where the shards from an explosion float to the ground, and you have to get up again the next day. The part where you put the washing on and go to work and pretend everything is fine and all the while your chest is heaving from your invisible wounds. You see the chasms of heartbreak, the wet cheeks and dramatic sobs and hard goodbyes, but you don't see the agonised conversations with friends: the fabrications of a narrative that doesn't show us in our horrible, fractured, human light.”
― Rozie Kelly, Kingfisher

“I swear, the same people who lose their mind about their right to have a gun in a daycare are the same people who think slavery wasn't that bad. It's like, you can't even obey basic laws! Do you think you could be forced to work in captivity for someone for free till you die from it an be like, "Welp, that sure is some good eatin'!" I think the fuck not.”
― Amber Ruffin, The World Record Book of Racist Stories