Our consideration of women as “naturally” weak and inferior, and therefore requiring protection and guidance, is an ancient and medieval holdover. Understanding that allows us to interrogate why we still believe it. If we think medieval
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“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”
― The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
― The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
“With heightened awareness of cultural sensitivity comes great responsibility. If we’re not careful, ‘diversity’ might become an item people start checking off a list and nothing more—a shallow, shadowy thing with but one dimension.”
― The Other Black Girl
― The Other Black Girl
“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.”
― Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
― Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
“Anytime I’m dealing with something personally, I look to see which ancestor before me already discussed it. I don’t let their work dictate my every action, but I know that I am in a much better postion when I am informed by their work. I use my history as a tool to fight against my marginalization.”
― All Boys Aren’t Blue
― All Boys Aren’t Blue
“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.”
― Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
― Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
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