“Having "uncomfortable sex" is often accepted as a necessary introduction to womanhood. This sense of "girls not enjoying sex" makes uncomfortable experiences feel normal. That is why the term "rape culture" is used- it describes the social culture fostered that normalizes and justifies rape”
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“Now the thought occurs to him, as though it was original, that there is no way things should be, only the way things are, and the way things are is going to keep changing.”
― The Five Wounds
― The Five Wounds
“A disdain for history sets us adrift, and makes us victims of ignorance and denial. History lives in and through our bodies right now, and in every moment.”
― My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
― My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
“An economy that destroys our home is no longer an economy. It is a war against the planet, the people and our future”
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“Were plants communicating? ...Communication implies a recognition of self and and what lies beyond it - the existence of other selves. Communication is the forming of threads between individuals. It's a way to make one life useful to other lives, to make oneself important to other selves. It turns individuals into a community.If it is true that a whole forest or field is in communication, it changes the nature of that forest or field. It changes the notion of what a plant is.”
― The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
― The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
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