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"Estou com nojo deste autor porque fala da escravatura como se só hoje fosse uma coisa má, mas além disso é pretensioso com a linguagem. Isto é história de Portugal altamente condensada, não precisava de estilização ridícula só porque certos homens de uma certa geração precisam de exercer toda a ginástica de palavras que conseguirem para se sentirem inteligentes e superiores. Will I ever be able to finish this book?" — Mar 16, 2024 05:00AM
"Estou com nojo deste autor porque fala da escravatura como se só hoje fosse uma coisa má, mas além disso é pretensioso com a linguagem. Isto é história de Portugal altamente condensada, não precisava de estilização ridícula só porque certos homens de uma certa geração precisam de exercer toda a ginástica de palavras que conseguirem para se sentirem inteligentes e superiores. Will I ever be able to finish this book?" — Mar 16, 2024 05:00AM
“Science is not separate from politics. As much as I would like it to be a pure thing, existing only in some intellectual realm unsullied by human struggle, it will always be entangled with the world we live in.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
“For those of us who question, your whole life becomes a question. Do you then reach some level of understanding, and then it's static? I don't think so" (age twenty-two, unlabeled)”
― Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
― Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
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“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”
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“Although most of the women I interviewed felt that their sexual
attractions paralleled their emotional attachments, this was not always
the case. In fact, women reported that on average, the percentage
of physical same-sex attractions they experienced differed
from their emotional same-sex attractions by about 15 percentage
points in either direction (in other words, some women were more
emotionally than physically drawn to women, whereas others were
more physically than emotionally drawn). A small number of
women reported discrepancies of up to 40 percentage points.
Like women with nonexclusive attractions, women with significant
gaps between their emotional and physical feelings often
faced challenges in selecting a comfortable identity label. They had
to decide whether their sexual identity was better categorized by
patterns of “love” or patterns of “lust,” and they had to forecast
what sort of relationships they might desire in the future. Many
of these women found it difficult to make these determinations.
Sue, for example, felt that her attractions were riddled with
contradictions: “I prefer to make out with men, but the idea of having
sex with a man utterly repulses me. I would, however, like to
marry a woman, and that’s who I want to make a long-term commitment
to.”
― Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
attractions paralleled their emotional attachments, this was not always
the case. In fact, women reported that on average, the percentage
of physical same-sex attractions they experienced differed
from their emotional same-sex attractions by about 15 percentage
points in either direction (in other words, some women were more
emotionally than physically drawn to women, whereas others were
more physically than emotionally drawn). A small number of
women reported discrepancies of up to 40 percentage points.
Like women with nonexclusive attractions, women with significant
gaps between their emotional and physical feelings often
faced challenges in selecting a comfortable identity label. They had
to decide whether their sexual identity was better categorized by
patterns of “love” or patterns of “lust,” and they had to forecast
what sort of relationships they might desire in the future. Many
of these women found it difficult to make these determinations.
Sue, for example, felt that her attractions were riddled with
contradictions: “I prefer to make out with men, but the idea of having
sex with a man utterly repulses me. I would, however, like to
marry a woman, and that’s who I want to make a long-term commitment
to.”
― Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
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