“since the thing perhaps is
to eat flowers and not to be afraid” —e. e. cummings
to eat flowers and not to be afraid” —e. e. cummings
March 2012
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“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged men—insist on playing devil’s advocate, desirous of a debate on some aspect of feminist theory or reproductive rights or some other subject generally filed under the heading: Women’s Issues. These intellectual, clever, engaged men want to endlessly probe my argument for weaknesses, want to wrestle over details, want to argue just for fun—and they wonder, these intellectual, clever, engaged men, why my voice keeps raising and why my face is flushed and why, after an hour of fighting my corner, hot tears burn the corners of my eyes. Why do you have to take this stuff so personally? ask the intellectual, clever, and engaged men, who have never considered that the content of the abstract exercise that’s so much fun for them is the stuff of my life.”
—Melissa McEwan on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment.
What if ee cummings just didn't know how to work his typewriter?
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“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.”
—Yoko Ono, 1977
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JUST ONE ROTTEN SPOT IN YOUR HEAD CAN MAKE EVERY MOVEMENT PAINFUL. YOU CAN'T ROLL YOUR EYES, BEND DOWN, OR JUMP AND LAND WITH IMPUNITY. EVEN THINKING HURTS.
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“The first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.”
—Franz Kafka
