"Loving, knowing, and respecting our bodies is a powerful and invincible act of rebellion in this society."

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Source : Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.64, Seal Press

Inga Muscio

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“Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.”

Source : William McKinley's letter, December 21, 1898.
“There's no financial aspect to stats.”
“A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales.”
“Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.”
“I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.”
“Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.”
“Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.”
“Disney will never make a movie about my life story, and that's a shame--I'd make a really cute animated creature.”

Source : Kate Bornstein (2012). “A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today”, p.17, Beacon Press

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