“Diversity in L&D is not just about varied content. It's about ensuring that learning experiences resonate with a global and diverse audience.”
Source: Rapid Learning: Unleash the Genius in You
“Humans are more than a gender. Humans can be genderless.”
“In today's world, we find ourselves surrounded by an abundance of identities that we can choose and embody. The world we live in allows individuals to explore and express their unique perspectives, experiences, and social affiliations. But back in the 1980s and 1990s of Somerset and the South West it was a stark contrast. Society seemed more homogeneous, with limited recognition and exploration of diverse identities. We’d been boxed in and characterised by a more constrained and traditional understanding of identity. Societal norms largely dictated what was considered acceptable, and there was often little room for deviation from these norms.”
Source: Electrasy: Calling All The Dreamers
“Be the proof of integration, when prejudice is the tradition.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Together we are creator, divided we are disaster.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“I am but a farmer of assimilation, and I know,
I won't get to see the saplings turn savannah.
But someday humankind will stand up and say,
Glory be to them, who toiled for our humanistana!”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“People here liked to say they rooted for the underdog, but some of them got real quiet when the underdog was different from them.”
Source: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
“All utopias are depressing because they leave no room for chance, for difference, for the 'miscellaneous'.”
Source: Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books
“There is no such thing as a disability, and we say diffability, because we know you are all different, and possess different abilities.”
Source: The Light of Winter
“diversity is not, as I had once thought, a characteristic of life. It is, instead, a condition necessary for life”
Source: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays