“From out the peaceful hollow of its throat / such music pours as I am unaware / how to devise. I did not think these things. / It is the reed that sings.” ThinkingMusicPeacefulThroatHollowReeds Author:Alice Smith
“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.” MenShouldChildrenLongImportantIdeasUsedMotherValuesFunNaturalRolesShould HaveClaimsNotionGenderTraditionalSexismInherentInnateGender Roles Author:Jessica Valenti
“[Virginity is] a cultural ideology that conflates passivity - the act of not having sex - with superior morality.” SexMoralitySuperiorsIdeologyVirginityPassivityHaving Sex Author:Jessica Valenti
“Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature.” NatureBornSpringAssociationEarnest Author:Laura Gilpin
“A river finds its course with sureness, pushing aside whatever surface matter lies in its way, and as it gathers volume and resulting strength, nothing can withstand its progress. It carves canyons, moves great boulders, erodes the soil, moving insistently onward in its surging need to reach its final goal - the ocean.” WayNeedsMatterMovingLyingCoursesGoalProgressOceanRiversFinalsSurfaceSoilPushingVolumeCanyonsErodeBoulders Author:Laura Gilpin
“Connecting expands possibilities - in work and in life - for ourselves as well as for others.” WellsPossibilityConnectingNetworking Author:Adele Scheele
“On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.” NeedsHumansJobsDifferencesHuman BeingsLevelsSupportPersonalityDespiteRecognition Author:Adele Scheele
“In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults.” StoriesNovelFaultsCharityExposedMultitudesCraftsmanship Author:Thea Astley
“you can't really separate modernity from history or spiritual concerns from mundane ones. Everything feeds into everything else.” SpiritualConcernOnenessMundaneModernity Author:G. Willow Wilson
“So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no more room.” WellsFightingSpaceRoomsBottomOppressionFighting Each Other Author:Cheryl Clarke