They looked at the world with an impractical, luminous earnestness that moved her, but never convinced her.
There was something immodest about her modesty: it announced itself.
The only race that matters is the human race.
That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the successful reach of patriarchy.
Si le gusta el maquillaje, deja que se maquille. Si le gusta la moda, deja que se arregle. Pero si no le gusta ni una cosa ni la otra, déjala tranquila. No creas que criar a una feminista consiste en...
She was a literal person who did not read, she was content rather than curious about the world.
She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.
She is one of those black people who want to be the only black person in the room, so any other black person is an immediate threat to her.
Robert Hayden
Michael’s a good cat but he tries so hard to keep it real that he can seem full of negativity,
In America, racism exists but racists are all gone.
I prefer Ms. because it is similar to Mr. A man is Mr. whether married or not, a woman is Ms. whether married or not. So please teach Chizalum that in a truly just society, women should not be expecte...
I just want to be regular.
I go to Mexico and they’re staring at me. It’s not hostile at all, but it just makes you know you stick out, kind of like they like you but you’re still King Kong.
Her first love, her first lover, the only person with whom she had never felt the need to explain herself.
Enséñale a que no haga universales sus principios y experiencias. Enséñale que sus principios son solo para ella, no para los demás.
Doris’s
Boys and girls are undeniably different biologically, but socialization exaggerates the differences.
Big Men and Big Women,
Basta con que uno hable español pero no sea de España, y voilà, pertenece a una raza llamada hispana.