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The Witches Are Coming

Book by Lindy West · 8 quotes · Diversity, Feminism, Politics

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“Just like Trump, America loves to lie about itself, and Americans love to eat those lies up - anything that obliterates our sins, that tells us everything will be okay, that makes us the infallible, gallant protagonist in the story of Earth. We must root out the assumptions we swallow as fact and the facts we deny. We must not just examine but actively counter the disastrous, narcissistic death grip of mediocre white men on our past century's art, media, and politics. We must start telling true stories about who we are, who is free and who is not, what we are doing to the planet.”

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“It costs you nothing to err on the side of "care".”

Compassion Racism Caring Bigotry

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“Everything is a product of its time, and the whole point of progress is to make the future better than the present. People make mistakes, and people grow, and culture grows along with them.”

Culture Diversity Progressive Metoo Movement

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“We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form-like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissing, 'If I can't have you, no one can'-white American voters shoved an incompetent, racist con man into the White House.”

America Women Feminism Trump Diversity Witches The Lord Of The Rings Gandalf

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“Common Sense" without growth, curiosity, or perspective eventually becomes conservatism and bitterness.”

Growth Perspective Common Sense Bitterness Conservatism

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“Men think that misogyny is a women's issue; women's to endure and women's to fix. White people think that racism is a pet issue for people of color; not like the pure, economic grievances of the working class. Rape is a rape victim's problem: What was she wearing? Where was she walking? Had she had sex before?”

Politics Society Misogyny Cultural Criticism Structural Oppression

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“Men can choose how they treat us and this is the world they choose. Frankly, not being angry would be irrational. Feminism is the collective manifestation of female anger. Men suppress our anger for a reason. Let's prove them right.”

Politics Women Feminism Human Rights

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“You can hate someone and love them at the same time. Maybe that's a natural side effect of searching for heroes in a world not built for you.”

Love Hate Heroes

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