“I've had my heart broken too many times to think that visibility means everything. I don't think it changes who steps up and who stands back. [...] For some people visibility is about saving a life, and for other people it's about making things more comfortable. But again my dears, it's not about comfort. Safety, yes please. But comfort, comfort is overrated. As far as I'm concerned, life is about being alive and being connected to our fellow creatures. Full stop. And you're generation is making it worse with your serious faces and safe spaces and goddamn trigger warnings... Hello my darlings, loosen up! Live a little. Such a dick. Tell a joke. Fall in love. Show up to start trouble when it's necessary and don't whine when the world doesn't hold your hand.” RepresentationVisibilityQueer PoliticsQueer Youth Book:Sasha Masha Source: Sasha Masha
“I feel like I was on autopilot for most of my life. Like I just took for granted the person the world told me I was and I feel like it might have been easier to shake that up a little when I was a kid." "How old are you now, ninety-two?" "No, I know I was just..." "I don't know about easy or not easy, it's just different." "Well not easy, but..." "You're just doing this now, Sasha Masha. Now is your time, and you're doing it, so what else do you have to worry about?” Coming Of AgeComing OutYour Time Is Your Time Book:Sasha Masha Source: Sasha Masha