Bethany

“The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.”
― Sarah Vowell, The Wordy Shipmates

“as Jean-Paul Sartre put it, “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” What”
― Eula Biss, On Immunity: An Inoculation

“There is nothing novel or comedic or righteous about men using the threat of sexual violence to control noncompliant women. This is how society has always functioned. Stay indoors, women. Stay safe. Stay quiet. Stay in the kitchen. Stay pregnant. Stay out of the world. If you want to talk about silencing, censorship, placing limits and consequences on speech, this is what it looks like. She”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“Anger is the privilege of the truly broken, and yet, I've never met a woman who was broken enough that she allowed herself to be angry.”
― Lyz Lenz, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture