Marta Smith

“Queerness isn't about individual answers as much as collective questions.”
― Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

“Rather, transformation happens from the ground up: when we have a new experience of ourselves and hold our attention on it long enough for it to sink”
― Hillary L. McBride, The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

“Gay and lesbian bars, safe havens for some, are rarely safe havens for bi people. But where does that leave us to go? It’s like the gay and straight communities are our parents and each thought the other would pick us up from school.”
― Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

“One of my favorite unlearning techniques is to look at any stereotype, assumption, or injustice, and simply ask: Why? If, like an incredulous three-year-old, we keep repeating that one-word question, each answer will bring us closer to our world’s deepest truths. It’s like peeling an onion- the more layers we remove, the more we’ll confront ideas that are so entrenched within our realities that we wouldn’t have dared to question them outright. Sometimes it’s hard to see that there was an onion in the first place. And, to fully round out this metaphor, sometimes peeling that onion can make us cry.”
― Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much