Hannah Gersh

“Witch. The word slithers from the mouth like a serpent, drips from the tongue as thick and black as tar. We never thought of ourselves as witches, my mother and I. For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those that speak it, not those that it describes. A word that builds gallows and pyres, turns breathing women into corpses.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“Her minister told her that her affliction was 'the will of God.' It is astonishing what a low opinion of God some people hold.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings

“Feminism is about recognizing power and fighting to distribute it equally, regardless of race or class or ability or gender. Feminism is not static, and it never has been. In fact, feminism demands change.”
― Kelly Jensen, Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World

“The physician spoke with confidence. He was a man, after all. He had no reason to think he would not be believed.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward