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Trans activism is not merely a valid part of the feminist movement: it is a vital one. The notion that one’s biological sex does not have to dictate anything about one’s behaviour, appearance or the eventual layout of one’s genitals and
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“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“Why would you be given wings if you weren't meant to fly?”
― The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
― The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
“CHILD: Mummy, who was Hitler? MOTHER: Hitler? CHILD: Yeah. Who was he? MOTHER: Erm, he was a very bad man from a long time ago. CHILD: Oh. How bad? MOTHER: He was like ... he was like Voldemort. CHILD: Oh! That’s really, really bad. Mother: Yes. CHILD: (Pause) So, did Harry Potter kill Hitler, too?”
― More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
― More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“You said, 'I love you.' Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to hear? 'I love you' is always a quotation. You did not say it first and neither did I, yet when you say it and when I say it we speak like savages who have found three words and worship them.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“To many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for an angel. To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves long lost. But I knew the truth—deep down, I always did.
I was just a girl.”
― The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
I was just a girl.”
― The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
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