21 quotes found
Writer · American
American writer
“Real change is slow, hard, and imperceptible.”
“Why, when men hate themselves, its women who take the beatings.”
“Why, when men hate themselves, it’s women who take the beatings.”
“The rich aren't paying for luxury - they're paying for basic humanity.”
“We only get one life. Wasting someones time is the subtlest form of murder.”
“The truth is I don't give a damn why anyone has an abortion. I believe unconditionally in the right of people with uteruses to decide what grow inside of their body and feeds on their blood and end...”
“Thanks for nothing, regular human mom. Footnote: nothing except for the unconditional love and support and meticulous care to make sure I faced the world fully informed about my body and reproducti...”
“I think the most important thing I do in my professional life today is delivering public, impermeable "no"s and sticking to them. I say no to people who prioritize being cool over being good. I say...”
“Feminism is really just the long slow realization that the things you love hate you.”
“There is nothing novel or comedic or righteous about men using the threat of sexual violence to control non-compliant women. This is how society has always functioned. Stay indoors, women. Stay saf...”
“I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT KING TRITON. Specifically, King, why are you elderly but with the body of a teenage Beastmaster? How do you maintain those monster pecs? Do they have endocrinologists un...”
“I listened to Howard Stern every morning in college. I loved Howard. I still do, though I had to achingly bow out as my feminism solidified. (In a certain light, feminism is just the long, slow rea...”
“In a certain light, feminism is just the long, slow realization that the stuff you love hates you”
“Dont tell thin women to eat a cheeseburger. Dont tell fat women to put down the fork. Dont tell underweight men to bulk up. Dont tell women with facial hair to wax, dont tell uncircumcised men they...”
“[He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself.”
“I don't have to justify its awesomeness/activeness/healthiness/usefulness to anyone, because it is MINE. Not yours.”
“I desperately want to help, but the truth is, I don't know. I used to hate myself; eventually, I didn't anymore. I used to be shy; eventually, I made my living by talking too much.”
“I used to try to be cool. I said things that I didn't believe about other people, and celebrities, and myself; I wrote mean jokes for cheap, "edgy" laughs; I neglected good friendships for shallow ...”
“Don’t tell thin women to eat a cheeseburger. Don’t tell fat women to put down the fork. Don’t tell underweight men to bulk up. Don’t tell women with facial hair to wax, don’t tell uncircumcised men...”
