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“the further removed people are from a language, the less likely they are to be understood as complex individuals”

hell yeah dolores o’riordan of the cranberries mention

“where countless women are found dead in alleyways and on the sides of dirt roads, their bodies discarded because they were not able to conceive children, particularly boys.”
this should be a slap in the face to any western woman who doesn’t consider herself a feminist. you look so stupid to say that.

“even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. he way leave the group that produced him — he may be forced to — but nothing will efface his origins, the marks of which he carries with him everywhere.” - james baldwin
james baldwin i love you james baldwin so fire

oops yeah crying

this is so compelling

As a linguaphile who works with immigrated folks, “Our understanding of the interior lives of those who are not like us is contingent on their ability to articulate themselves in the language we know.” Is such a banger