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there's something so heartwarming about this book idk. I always come back to it

Highlight on page 206.

Highlight quote between pages 174 and 175.

“I also really appreciated the image of Judith Butler on a slip ‘n slide. Maybe I will try to keep that story in my head the next time I try to read all of Gender Trouble without getting lost and giving up.”

HAHA oh my god. You’re alright, Ivan Coyote.

Note later, page 105:

“It is not as simple as teaching ourselves to not see crying as weak, or as feminine. I don’t want to teach that crying is a show of strength, either... I want us to see crying as inextricably linked to living, like exhaling is to the act of breathing.

I think one of the most valuable things this culture steals from our men is their tears.”

Note to self - return to page 79 and highlight this Judith Butler quote (seems that they’ve followed me out of ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender?’ and into my new book :0):

“It won’t do to say that threats against some people are tolerable but against others are intolerable.”

Oh I’m crying already