"My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color were what they cared about most in the world."

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Source : "How Jezebel Smashes the Patriarchy, Click by Click". Interview with Tasneem Raja, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2013.

Anna Holmes

#Mother Quotes #Issues Quotes #Rights Quotes

“I pause at the door, wishing I could find a corner and sleep until my head clears, but the sailor said the abbess is expecting me, and while I do not know much about abbesses, I suspect they are not fond of waiting.”
“If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.”
“My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.”
“I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.”
“If you're going to go for 'it' you have a common thing you share with other artists; that's desperation. You jump out a window style-wise. Try to put it together before you hit the ground.”
“Creative people like to think in unconventional ways, dislike rules, are easily bored, are independent, like to experiment, and enjoy being their own bosses. Basically the same traits found in most criminals and sociopaths”
“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.”
“Magic [has] been replaced by machinery.”

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