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1. Fay Maritela Marinera (faymm@witches.town)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 18:36:17 UTC Fay Maritela Marinera

   "... what we believe has always been true—that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo—has not always been thus. Who we are, how we define ourselves, how we structure our societies has been vastly mutable over time. I talk about that because if we assume the world has always been one way, then change is not only scarier (“But what will happen if we change?!”), but appears to be impossible (“It’s never been done!”). The truth is change happens all the time. It’s happening all around us".

   Kameron Hurley, The Geek Feminist Revolution

   • Fay Maritela Marinera (faymm@witches.town)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 18:53:42 UTC Fay Maritela Marinera

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     "You can fight all you want for individual wins, and fight to be the “exceptional” woman, but so long as there’s institutionalized oppression, bias, and unregulated, out-of-control capitalism that treats people as disposable objects, you’re an exception, not a rule. So long as the people with the power—to hire and fire you, approve or deny your loan, or write up your speeding ticket—look at you through the lens of institutionalized racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other -ism they’ve learned from stories, videos, media, and other biased individuals, a single win means nothing.
     We cannot effect true change alone"

     Kameron Hurley, The Geek Feminist Revolution