Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
—ursula k. le guin
This info comes from the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Here’s a link to the page with most of the statistics (all cited further at the bottom of the page).
i love it when TRAs start clutching at straws
Red Doc>, Anne Carson
[ID: To feel anything deranges you. To be seen feeling anything strips you naked.]
woman: here is a lengthy and nuanced explanation of my beliefs and ideals with facts to justify them
everyone: okay but like are you a terf or not
how can "gender based oppression" replace "sex based oppression" in any way? the same people crying about how gender was so ~different~ in non white societies fail to realise that if gender is so frail that it can differ across the world, and even just one countries specific tribes and religions, it has to be sex that's causing the oppression.
all richard silken quotes sound like he is my fbi agent personally watching me mentally break down and recounting it to his peers.