“If we have any shred of humanity left in ourselves, we must care for all human life—no matter their skin color, political ideology, or location in the world.”— Eugene Gu, MD, twitter.com
“It’s about who’s been pushing forward the voices of all women and not just their own. If Time wants to frame important people in the movement – it should be those that consistently rally for all women. It should be those that lack power and influence but made sacrifices and need the visibility.”— Gin, awesomelyluvvie.com
“The problem with "Girls" is that while the show reaches — and succeeds, in many ways — to show female characters that are not caricatures, it feels alienating, a party of four engineered to appeal to a very specific subset of the television viewing audience, when the show has the potential to be so…”— Jenna Wortham, thehairpin.com
“Are we made uncomfortable by loud or angry women/trans/GNC people of color? Do we understand why people don’t report to the police? Do we get why policing should not exist? Do women of color make as much money as white women do in your anti-violence org? Does your anti-violence panel/workshop/confer…”— Mahroh Jahangiri, feministing.com
“If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.”— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com
“Building an inclusive economy is another reason we’ve got to break down systemic racism, including under-investment in communities of color.”— Hillary Clinton, twitter.com
“If you want to fight climate change, we’ve got to engage not only young people on college campuses, but reach out to the coal miner who’s worried about taking care of his family, the single mom worried about gas prices.”— Barack Obama, politico.com
“One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com