Siarra

“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.”
― Toni Morrison

“Destigmatizing male vulnerability is the first step toward rebuilding the absolute ruin that straight men have left the world in.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

“A mantra's like a magic spell for your brain, telling it to chill.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

“Acting sober is an art,” he explained. “The trick is to say very little and be very still.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June