- "They call it "wokeness" because calling it "basic empathy" reveals that they're the ones in the wrong" (@roseofwindsong)
- "Neuroqueer is about recognizing the fundamentally entwined nature of cognition, gender, and embodiment, and also about treating cognition, gender, and embodiment as fluid and customizable, and as canvases for ongoing creative experimentation" (Nick Walker)
- "I think the idea that social media gives everyone a voice has convinced us that we all *should* be talking, about everything, all the time. Not only is it unnatural for people to feel like they must constantly a) have an opinion on everything at all times and b) perform that opinion publicly - it's also often the driving forces behind the viral spread of partial or total misinformation. The amount of half truths that circulate the internet every time people feel pressured to provide their less-than-fully-formed view on the latest global crisis should concern us all. You are a human being. It is okay to sit in the silence between Instagram stories" (@mattxiv)
- "Gender is a coin that everyone said was gonna land on heads or tails but I turned mine into one of those pressed pennies from the museum. It's got a dinosaur on it" (@thepirateclown)
- "...but I've always been thin skinned, more frog than turtle. Drinking and breathing every experience through translucent skin, feeling everything all at once ... It's taken years to embrace my softness, to resist hardening, yearning for a life of detachment. So if anyone asks why I'm crying, I just tell them I'm paying attention" (D. Coffyn)
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