Mahdiyeh

“Do you ever wonder,” he asked, “how we decide what’s mad and what isn’t? There’s so much crazy stuff in the world – everything’s a mess most of the time – but then people who can’t handle it are called mental and have films made about them… But what if they’re just reacting to the weirdness of the universe? Isn’t it more weird to just think everything’s okay, when it clearly isn’t?”
― Holly Bourne, Am I Normal Yet?

“I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.”
― Firoozeh Dumas, Funny In Farsi: A Memoir Of Growing Up Iranian In America

“I am a superficial woman of depth.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“I’ve been trying to educate people for years and it’s exhausting. I’m tired of being patient with bigots. I’m tired of trying to explain why I don’t deserve to be treated like a piece of shit all the time. I’m tired of begging everyone to understand that people of color aren’t all the same, that we don’t all believe the same things or feel the same things or experience the world the same way.’ I shook my head, hard. ‘I’m just– I’m sick and tired of trying to explain to the world why racism is bad, okay? Why is that my job?”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea