Shawna Finnigan

“Every creative act is magical. And every magical act is creative.”
― Donald Tyson, Ritual Magic: What It Is & How To Do It

“The first and most obvious politician whose success has emboldened the manosphere and alt-right alike is Trump. From his description of women as “fat pigs” and “dogs” to his assertion that putting a wife to work is “dangerous”; from his own admissions of grabbing women “by the pussy” to his implication that women on their periods are unstable; from his description of Mexican immigrants as rapists to his tweets telling four ethnic minority U.S. congresswomen to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came”—the president repeatedly voiced ideas and deeply misogynistic, racist statements that fit neatly within the worldview of male supremacists and the alt-right.11”
― Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

“Everyone knows. Trump, Kanye. Both are Geminis. It’s not good.”
― Porochista Khakpour, Tehrangeles: A Novel

“Do not forget what holds you back, Aeric had said.

Fear. It did more than hold her back; it was her puppeteer. It orchestrated her every thought and movement, and like a compliant marionette, she played the part it wanted her to—lashing out when it gave the order, then freezing just as suddenly. On and on she danced for it, a prisoner to the strings she was bound by, finding it easier to submit than fight back.

No more. Strong as her puppeteer was, she was stronger.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Of the Sun and Sea