“Disease is never neutral. Treatment never not ideological. Mortality never without its politics.”
― The Undying
― The Undying
“In yet another commercial, Oprah somberly says, “Inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be.” This is a popular notion, the idea that the fat among us are carrying a thin woman inside. Each time I see this particular commercial, I think, I ate that thin woman and she was delicious but unsatisfying. And then I think about how fucked up it is to promote this idea that our truest selves are thin women hiding in our fat bodies like imposters, usurpers, illegitimates.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“They were both in their own ways earnest; they both wanted to achieve some worthy end or other, change the world for the better. Such alluring, such perilous ideals!”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“You should focus on being more interested than interesting.”
― The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
― The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
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