Brittney Persaud

“people’s pronouns just like you think of their names. You can’t tell a person’s name just by looking at them; if you want to know it, you have to ask, and to argue with their answer would be weird and rude.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“the English language is not innately biased against women and nonbinary genders; but the bad news is that its speakers have collectively consented to wield it in a way that reinforces existing gender biases, often in ways they’re not even conscious of.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL
THAN OTHERS.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“we latch on to criticisms of our personhood when we fear they might be accurate.”
― Madeleine Gray, Green Dot: A Novel