Grethe’s Reviews > Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane > Status Update

”Chris Paul scored thirty-one points in the second half! He really wanted that ring. It’s weird that a person can play the most phenomenal basketball you’ve ever seen and still be labeled a loser. It’s like when a couple divorce after ten, fifteen, twenty-five years of marriage and we call that a “failed marriage.” Sounds like a successful marriage to me.”

“How small did I think I was? Not physically small, but how small was my presence that I thought I could fit inside of another person, even if so wanted to? Aham could not contain me. I can’t even contain me. I am immense.”

”I’ve been fighting for decades to stop constructing my sense of self based on external feedback, so why would I let any stranger tell me I’m wrong about how my brain feels? Self-diagnosis is a core principle of intersectional disability justice, because not everyone can access formal diagnosis, not everyone want one, not everyone is made safer with one.”

”If you think thin people are better than fat people, then FUCK YOU. I hate you, and you deserve nothing.”

”My experience with men never taught me love; they thought me manipulation and how to survive on the bare minimum.”