Maria

“do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.”
― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

“apparently it is ungraceful of me
to mention my period in public
cause the actual biology
of my body is too real

it is okay to sell what's
between a woman's legs
more than it is okay to
mention its inner workings

the recreational use of
this body is seen as
beautiful while
its nature is
seen as ugly”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“I had been silent and silenced about an abortion I'd had years before. Like many women, I'd been made to feel at fault, not realizing there were political reasons why female humans were not supposed to make decisions about our own bodies.”
― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road