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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Feminist History for Every Day of the Year: 366 incredible women, from Boudica to Taylor Swift

by Kate Mosse

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Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

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Emily’s Quotes

“Silence is a protective coating over pain.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

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“Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.”
― Alison Bechdel

tags: alison-bechdel, fun-home, grief, suicide

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“& remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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“But what if I did tell people exactly what was going on? What if I valued my own peace of mind more than what other people think of me? Would I end up jobless, friendless, and loveless? Would I vanish entirely?”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

tags: mental-illness, social-expectations, truth, worthy

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“We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we’ll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through difference. We should be able to say, “This is my truth,” and have that truth stand without a hundred clamoring voices shouting, giving the impression that multiple truths cannot coexist.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

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