“The worst thing about pills was that they worked. Without them, you might just adapt; medical optimism suspended you in a maintenance reality. He'd never known how sick he was until he'd gotten health insurance. The pill that really wanted inventing was the bitter one that cured you of optimism and made time go faster.” HealthMedicineIllnessExistentialism Book:Private Citizens Source: Private Citizens
“This, with the kid gloves of gentility white libs always use when they want to make your annoyance feel unreasonable. The flop-sweating jargon invoked to signal their literacy on the subject of your existence. That fart holding wince when they sense their good intentions going unrewarded.” FakeAnnoyanceWhite PeopleAllyshipWhite LiberalsMicro Aggressions Book:Rejection Source: Rejection
“Cultures of permission valorized bad taste as liberation.” CultureTrendsAppropriationHipsters Book:Private Citizens Source: Private Citizens