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Kathy Vu
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“We see what a punishing business it is, simply being alive.”
― The Little Stranger
― The Little Stranger
“The most beautiful part of your body
is where it’s headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.”
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is where it’s headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.”
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“i am infinitely yearning
brimming
and overflowing
in words
i discover
it’s another way
for me
to be in tears.”
― Turquoise Silence
brimming
and overflowing
in words
i discover
it’s another way
for me
to be in tears.”
― Turquoise Silence
“But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. You must never look away from this. You must always remember that the sociology, the history, the economics, the graphs, the charts, the regressions all land, with great violence, upon the body.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“DENIAL OF EMOTIONS
Our culture does not handle emotions well. We like folks to be happy and fine. We learn rituals of acting happy and fine at an early age. I can remember many times telling people "I'm fine" when I felt like the world was caving in on me. I often think of Senator Muskie who cried on the campaign trail when running for president. From that moment on he was history. We don't want a president who has emotions. We would rather have one that can act! Emotions are certainly not acceptable in the workplace. True expression of any emotions that are not "positive" are met with disdain.”
― Healing the Shame that Binds You
Our culture does not handle emotions well. We like folks to be happy and fine. We learn rituals of acting happy and fine at an early age. I can remember many times telling people "I'm fine" when I felt like the world was caving in on me. I often think of Senator Muskie who cried on the campaign trail when running for president. From that moment on he was history. We don't want a president who has emotions. We would rather have one that can act! Emotions are certainly not acceptable in the workplace. True expression of any emotions that are not "positive" are met with disdain.”
― Healing the Shame that Binds You
Kathy’s 2025 Year in Books
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