“seen by others becomes how we see ourselves, the little dot above the letter ‘i.’”

“a crowd of men whose eyes speak of an honest and well-earned hate”

“I’d almost spit my spirit-gummed mustache off when someone called me a drag king”

“Sleep is a scam. Like Valentine’s Day, it’s an invented holiday.”

“if you want to end abortion, support free birth control for fuck’s sake”

“I reached down and searched for my soul”

“one step closer to breaking the stigma of sex on film”

“It was a cheap shot, but no damage to your vitals”

“before I pulled up my big girl panties and broke up with my current partner”

“We came from buildings falling around us, bricks used as pillows”

"...how brains and blood turn from blue to red when they hit air..."

“I told the truth. I didn’t want to kill myself, only the pain.”

“I reflected on the “Africa Rising” narrative that the West so loves to focus on”

“when you grow without sun for long enough”

“You say you’ve never met a rapist, but I guarantee you have”

“I love Jimmy for her display of emotions. She starts purring”

"The teeth I want must hold significance..."

“cuffed my right hand to the back leg of the chair”

“He only remembers that sex hurt her the first fourteen times”