Valerie

“The real test of this country's perimeters of freedom of speech will be found if or when a person can freely discuss racism without being subject to intellectually dishonest attempts to undermine their arguments. If free speech, as so many insist, includes being prepared to hear opinions that you don't like, then let's open up the parameters of what we consider acceptable debate.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“It [feminism] needs to recognise that disabled people aren’t inherently defective, but rather that non-disabled people have failed at creating a physical world that serves all.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“We tell ourselves that racism is about moral values, when instead it is about the survival strategy of systemic power.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“Lady Abney shook coils of silky blonde hair out of her face, ruby lips pouting in what appeared to be a practiced expression, possibly one she believed to be fetching. In truth it made her look rather like a fish.”
― E. Latimer, The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray