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"Simultaneously jealous of people who are reading for the first time and don’t know what’s going to happen and pretty sure I wouldn’t like it if I didn’t know what to expect." — Oct 08, 2025 06:23AM
"Simultaneously jealous of people who are reading for the first time and don’t know what’s going to happen and pretty sure I wouldn’t like it if I didn’t know what to expect." — Oct 08, 2025 06:23AM
“But you know, there’s an upside here. Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? It’s magic.” All”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“But know this: whether you actively engage in the violent culture of hate or merely step out of the way to give it permission to persist and room to grow, you are complicit. And white people, you give permission to this culture every day you do nothing more than have “conversations on race.” You don’t get to just have conversations anymore. You don’t get to just wear a safety pin and call yourself an ally. You don’t get to just talk while the rest of us fear for our lives because discrimination, rape culture, and xenophobia just won the White House. Too often oppressed people are told to exhibit an inordinate amount of grace and patience while white people are “on their journey.” And it’s true: No one is born woke. We all have work to do and we should respect where people are. But as Dr. King reminds us, too often “wait means never,” and your journey may cost someone their citizenship, their religious freedom, or their life.”
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
“But you know, there’s an upside here. Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? It’s magic.” All of a sudden, I feel like crying. In a good way. In the best way. Because I know exactly what she means. It’s butterflies and haziness and heart eyes, but underneath all that, there’s this bass line of I can’t believe this. I can’t believe this is me. I can’t quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling. It’s finding out the door you were banging on is finally unlocked. Maybe it was unlocked the whole time.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“White supremacy is as much about mindless habits of white privilege as it is about active beliefs. It is about impact, not simply intent.”
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
“An Athenian lawmaker, Solon, is quoted as saying, “Wrongdoing can only be avoided if those who are not wronged feel the same indignation at it as those who are.” That”
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
― What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
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