“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”
― Jess C Scott, The Other Side of Life

“And, what's more, this 'precious' body, the very same that is hooted and honked at, demeaned both in daily life as well as in ever existing form of media, harrassed, molested, raped, and, if all that wasn't enough, is forever poked and prodded and weighed and constantly wrong for eating too much, eating too little, a million details which all point to the solitary girl, to EVERY solitary girl, and say: Destroy yourself.”
― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society.”
― Mick Karabegovic

“If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment, and then release it to prey upon the children once again?”
― Edward M. Wolfe, When Everything Changed

“I saw America's economy last night, people raiding dumpsters at a higher rate than normal in my home town. Digging through garbage shouldn't be a career. Thanks Democrats. Thanks Republicans.”
― Carroll Bryant

“Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the truth behind the lie. Crack was a sociolegal logic grounded in blood.”
― Dimitri A. Bogazianos, 5 Grams: Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs

“Order is nothing but a friendship with chaos.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Why, oh why doth people gazeth into their damn'd phones in a restaurant when there is good fayre and wond'rful company to be enjoy'd?”
― Kevin Ansbro

“They had supported him ... for freedom's sake, they would have said; meaning as do all men who mouth that catchword, freedom for themselves and their own class.”
― Margaret Butler, The Lion of England

“Then he recalled what a Negro street speaker had said one night on the corner of 138th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York: that unorganized labor meant cheap labor; that the guarantee of cheap labor was an effective means of luring new industries into the South; that so long as the ignorant white masses could be kept thinking of the menace of the Negro to Caucasian race purity and political control, they would give little thought to labor organization.”
― George S. Schuyler, Black No More

“There will always be prejudice in a label society.”
― A.J. Garces

“She wanted Webb to know that she was done dealing with all of this. And she didn’t care about losing her job. If she lost her job for taking a stand against racism and sexism against black women coming from Webb, she’d calmly walk away and stand up for what she believed was right.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Although Marisol’s words were factual, they hit Charlize much too hard. Charlize was well aware of the racism and sexism that women of color faced. The institutional racism was real, and her mother had been a victim of it.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Charlize stood up from where she sat and walked next to Marisol, who comfortingly placed an arm around Charlize’s shoulders. She attempted not to cry or choke on tears she'd been holding back for days. Getting fired for standing up for herself and other black women hurt more than she expected it to, but here she was—ready to make a difference and fight the biased system.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“You have an army of supporters,” Marisol said. “We’re all here for you. You have every right to be upset about how your wife was treated as a black woman, how you were treated as a black man, and what that has resulted in. What happened is unforgettable, and it’s unforgivable too.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“This is a reminder of the injustices black and brown women, and all women of color in the system face. The hospital simply attributed their deaths to pregnancy complications and childbirth. The babies were believed to have died from lung problems, birth defects, and heart and brain issues as well. But one thing we know is that ignoring these women’s concerns and subjecting them to unfair conditions also contributed to their untimely and scary deaths. This hospital needs to be shut down until they can come clean about their evil doings,” Yamileth continued.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“People are the reasons I stay indoors.”
― Niedria Dionne Kenny

“I just stepped outside, and what did I see? If the pinnacle of our social gatherings is to stand around, consuming free food and cheap wine, while merely existing in the same space as others, then we've set the bar for human interaction rather low, haven't we? But it gets better - or worse, depending on your perspective. People aren't just standing; they're sprawled on floors or perched on tables, opening their mouths only to shovel in food or to gossip about others. This isn't just setting the bar low; it's digging it into the ground. Imagine a true celebration of humanity, where we connect genuinely, share talents like live music, and uplift each other. Instead, we're at these so-called 'parties,' where the entertainment is watching others or idle gossip, all while in environments more suited for cleaning than socializing. It's not the mark of a smart city but a society content with mediocrity, maybe even regressing in hygiene and social grace. Perhaps it's time to look beyond, to Mars, where the party might just be starting, and every gathering could showcase our potential for greatness, not just our complacency and disregard for basic hygiene.”
― Yvonne Padmos

“When world cries blood,
your blood ought to boil.
If you feel nothing at all,
you're a stain upon the soil.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“When world cries blood,
your blood ought to boil.
If you feel nothing at all,
you're a stain upon the soil.

When the world cries blood,
backbone oughta spark thunder.
If you feel nothing at all,
file for a bankrupt character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“When the world cries blood, backbone oughta spark thunder.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Are we unknowingly allowing a society to evolve that is the perfect breeding ground, and perhaps even a “killing field,” for psychopaths?”
― robert d hare , sin conciencia

“Young women get to date who they want while men date who they can but when they get older men marry who they want and women marry who they can.”
― drew afualo

“... Gen Z has a global perspective. Gen Z will graduate into a recession on account of the 2009 financial crisis and the global pandemic of 2020. These economic stressors will undermine this generation's ability to be independent and self-reliant. Gen Z were born into an era of increased gun violence, terrorism and war.”
― Gaiti Rabbani, Curious About Culture: Refocus your lens on culture to cultivate cross cultural understanding

“This is the time to be unrealistic in our demands for change. We are told repeatedly we need to be realistic, but that is just another method of social control.”
― Walidah Imarisha

“Mind your own damn business.”
― Tim Walz

“They stole the ground beneath his feet with deceit, and now they label him a loser. Sadly, the world buys their lies, overlooking both the truth and his suffering.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Our Nepal, Our Pride

“The spiritual shape of a soul is different from the spiritual shape of a society, and values which make a society function better may destroy the individual.”
― Connor Patrick Sullivan, Philosophy of The Individual

“But I want to caution you, what I am telling you is not for you to judge people. It is simply to help you understand that pain changes people. Sometimes forever.”
― LaShonda C. Henderson, Selah The Myth of Love Life Stories