“Naskar not Nascar (The Sonnet)
Naskar is an alter ego,
Naskar is a calling,
a madness bigger than sanity,
not chained to one being.
Even Abi is no match for Naskar,
Abi will perish, not Naskar.
Naskar is a chemical catastrophe,
priming humans as kind thunder.
Naskar is factory of humanitarians,
imbued with wonders against malice.
Muscle up your heart, heart up your brain,
uncontaminated by leanings of prejudice.
Nascar is a race, Naskar is a journey,
voyage of sapiens ushering in humanity.
Surpassing constraints of bigotry,
Naskar is Manifest Humanity.”
Source: Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
“its not particularly stressful for me nancy
maybe its because i am transgender
i really don’t care what other people think of me
and i really couldn’t care less who i piss off
thats the virtue of tenure isn’t it?!
whats stressful to me is having such an unfair world”
Source: The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
“Proof of life is in standing guard.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“Devise a plan for subsequent action once change has come about that includes organizing, education, protesting, lobbying, passing legislation, informing the people about the change, teaching them how to make beneficial use of the change, and providing for the resistant reaction to your work.”
Source: Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
“It is important to understand all the elements of the political process to take effective action. Otherwise, you can be protesting or lobbying without impact.”
Source: Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
“Those who adhere to the method of nonviolent direct action recognize that legislation and court orders tend only to declare rights; they can never thoroughly deliver them. Only when the people themselves begin to act are rights on paper given lifeblood.”
“If you're anorexic, you're doing it wrong."
I swat him with a dish towel. "No, no, I mean anorexics look in the mirror, and even if they're eighty pounds, they still see a fat girl. I'm a hundred pounds heavier than I was in high school, my veins are full of creme fraiche, and yet I look in the mirror, take in the hair and makeup, and think, Damn, baby, you fiiine.”
“What I also realized, somewhere along the way, is that guilt is like fuel. It's useless and dangerous sitting alone by itself. Put into action, and it is power.”
Source: The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft
“I encourage you to cultivate your curiosity and discover how your cultural lens on the world can influence your interactions with people of diverse cultural backgrounds.”
Source: Curious About Culture: Refocus your lens on culture to cultivate cross cultural understanding
“Creativity can be reclaimed as a collective, democratic force—one that transcends the individual and becomes a shared resource for community-led movements, grassroots innovation, and resistance to oppressive systems.”
Source: You Are Creative: Free Yourself to Free the World