“Identity politics isn't old school! It's still alive and well.” WellsStillsSchoolAliveIdentityOld SchoolIdentity Politics Author:Grace Dunham
“I see a huge, huge divide between the people who are facing the most barriers and violence and the kinds of stories being told in mainstream American politics. The issues that I think most about - how many people's lives are being affected by prisons and policing, how many people's lives are being affected by immigration enforcement and deportation - those stories aren't being touched, let alone told, in mainstream politics.” PeopleThinkingKindStoriesIssuesViolenceHugePrisonImmigrationTouchedBarriersAffectedDividesMainstreamEnforcementAmerican PoliticsDeportation Author:Grace Dunham
“The things that I want to see happen get no play in mainstream American politics. My primary interests are the legalization of sex work and prison abolition.” WantPlayHappensSexInterestPrisonPrimariesMainstreamAmerican PoliticsAbolitionSex Work Author:Grace Dunham
“I don't believe in America, but I believe in people.” PeopleBelieveAmericaI BelieveDon't BelieveI Believe In Author:Grace Dunham
“It's easy to set up binaries of who's good and who's bad, who is right and who is wrong. But I really don't think that way. I believe that people can change and grow.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveI BelieveGrowsEasyPeople Can Change Author:Grace Dunham
“Two radical activists in an organizing group sometime despise each other and disagree with each other as much as a Republican and Democratic politician do.” TwoGroupsPoliticianRepublicanDemocraticRadicalActivistDisagreeDespise Author:Grace Dunham
“I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't so politically motivated. I felt that the world from an early age was disappointing. My father taught me about the bomb, and it was eye-opening. From then on, I thought grown-ups needed to do a better job. I still think that.” ThinkingWorldStillsEyeAgeWantedJobsArtistFatherFeltTaughtNeededMedicineOpeningAspirationBombsMotivatedDisappointingBetter JobsEye Opening Author:Patti Smith
“I've always had a desire to write something and capture people's imagination like Peter Pan had captured mine.” PeopleWritingDesireImaginationMinesCapturePeterCaptured Author:Patti Smith
“Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.” PeopleNeedsWritingSometimesMomentsMightHappensNightStrongRecordsWonderfulPerformancesPerformersPassagesTranslateImprovisationStrong Bond Author:Patti Smith