mel

"It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here."
- James Baldwin

"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"Oh, working man! Oh, starved, outraged, and robbed laborer, how long will you lend an attentive ear to the authors of your misery?"
- Lucy Parsons

"The barn is burnt down. Now I can see the moon."
- Mizuta Masahide

"The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house."
- Audrey Lorde

"It was the mood of the era and the revolution was deferred indefinitely. And while we were dozing, the money crept in."
- From Hypernormalisation: youtu.be/Gr7T07WfIhM

"If you think technology will solve your problem, you don’t understand your problem and you don’t understand technology."
- Bruce Schneier

"When people try to sell you on the idea that the future is already settled, it’s because it is deeply unsettled."
- Tressie McMillan Cottom

"I paint my face and put on a show, but my true art is opening hearts and minds. I'm a walking revolution, honey!"
- Marsha P. Johnson

"Do cool shit, and people will want to do it with you."
- Kelly Hayes

"The impossible is fascinating. Luxuries are boring."
- Some bikepacker said that once... probably

"Eating and driving is as handy as skiing and doing your taxes."
- Watts (Some Kind of Wonderful)

"All danger. No malice. I've never been to an event that makes me want to write poetry more."
- Some guy at Swampfest: youtu.be/BOQRKVeg1lw

"The future is garbage. The garbage is beautiful. Log off."
- Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom)