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I don’t have a lot of coping mechanisms that aren’t wholly self-destructive, but here is one good one that I will recommend: saying I like things that I like. At first blush, this doesn’t sound revolutionary, I know, but let’s get into it.
“queer abuse feels like—is—homophobia”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“Even if the dominant culture considers you an anomaly”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“I could not express what I’d been feeling with words, but I could wear it. The inner life—hunger, confusion, longings unnamed and unmet, that whole overwhelming gamut—as a sculpture in bone.”
― Appetites: Why Women Want
― Appetites: Why Women Want
“Many writers, including some of muckraking’s best practitioners, have wondered if “shouting at society” really accomplishes very much.18 Decca was sure that shouting matters.”
― Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford
― Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford
“honesty. It’s somehow seen as an imposition to ask someone else to empathise”
― No Shame
― No Shame
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