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“There's a Zen saying: "Kindness is the fruition of awareness, and awareness is the foundation of kindness.”
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“Hate can be understood as a social bond, a complex phenomenon that occurs among people as a means of mattering and belonging.”
― Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism
― Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism
“When we make the shift to seeing ourselves as transitionary events - as verbs rather than as nouns - we can step back and allow the flow to continue. Our efforts shift from controlling the circumstances of our lives to learning how to meet each brief moment fully and wholeheartedly.”
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“Indeed, any system of oppression must allow exceptions to validate itself as meritorious. How else will those who are oppressed by the system internalize their own oppression?”
― Thick: And Other Essays
― Thick: And Other Essays
“The best way to eliminate a group is to demonize them, such that their disappearance is seen as an act of justice, not discrimination.”
― Beyond the Gender Binary
― Beyond the Gender Binary
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