“Your no makes the way for your yes. Boundaries create the container within which your yes is authentic. Being able to say no makes yes a choice.”
― Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
― Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
“Liberated relationships are one of the ways we actually create abundant justice, the understanding that there is enough attention, care, resource, and connection for all of us to access belonging, to be in our dignity, and to be safe in community”
― Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
― Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
“When you leave the theater wanting to discuss the play, that’s a good play. When you leave the theater wanting to discuss your life and the world, that’s art”
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“LOVE Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars. But you, me, and tomorrow hold hands and make vows that struggle will multiply. The hacksaw has two blades. The shotgun has two barrels. We are pregnant with freedom. We are a conspiracy.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“J’ai plus de souvenirs que si j’avais mille ans. Who’d believe that what ends here continues, it’s senseless. Don’t listen. Use up all the memory. Use up all that’s there.”
― Together and By Ourselves
― Together and By Ourselves
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