Anamin’s Reviews > Stone Butch Blues > Status Update

“ Solidarity is not a crime, and neither is self-defense against suppression! I unite with you and the struggle to fight capitalist racism, fascism, and war for profit!”

“‘Yearning,” I repeated softly. ‘What a beautiful word to hear a butch say out loud.”

“It’s changed the way I think. I grew up believing the way things are now is the way they’ve always been, so why even bother trying to change the world? But just finding out that it was ever different, even if it was long ago, made me feel things could change again. whether or not I live to see it.”

“It’s not going to be day or night, Jess. It’s always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them.”

This book is far from perfect but it officially holds a sweet spot within me

“ I wanted to find out who I was, to define myself. Whoever I was, I wanted to deal with it, I wanted to live it again. I wanted to be able to explain my life, how the world looked from behind my eyes.”

“Butches are wonderful about lending a hand. But that’s not all you’re good for. Butches have moved my world. They’ve made me feel beautiful in the world took that away from me. It’s butch love that’s sustained me.”

first official cry. so many little and big things hit

“‘My mother says I should be something special when I grow up’… I cup her head with my hand. ‘yYou already are,’ I said”