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some of the best tweets from the last few days

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Gender non-conformity causes such a huge reaction because we're consistently taught that there are only two fixed and universal genders. Seeing other people defy this mandate brings the entire system into question.

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

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The gender binary is a cultural belief that there are only two distinct and opposite genders: man and woman. This belief is upheld by a system of power that exists to create conflict and division, not to celebrate creativity and diversity.

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

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"I risked everything, but I couldn't stop myself from writing her story. ...Grief and anger streamed from my fingers. The anger made me brave and the grief made me sure."

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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"It comes to me that the echoes of my own life will likely die away in that way thunder does. But this life, what a shining thing- is enough."

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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"'When I tell you all shall be well, I don't mean that life won't bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. All shall be well, no matter what.'"

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

- C.S. Lewis

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"I risked everything, but I couldn't stop myself from writing hey story... Grief and anger streamed from my fingers. The anger made me brave and the grief made me sure."

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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So it’s been a couple of years.

Hi! 

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There is nothing I don't love about this.

the books I read in May! 🐱☕📚

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mood: carrie fisher in the trash with a bottle of wine

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Floating by Andrea De Santis #ReadAcrossAmerica Art Prints available here: http://cur.im/booklover

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they’re called sneakers!!! do you get it?

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“Are you sexually attracted to only people of the opposite sex?”

Straight: yes

Gay: no

Lesbian: no

Bisexual: no

Pansexual: no

Asexual: no

“Are you romantically attracted to only people of the opposite sex?”

Straight: yes

Gay: no

Lesbian: no

Biromantic: no

Panromantic: no

Aromantic: no

Congrats, now you know why aros and aces are LGBT+. Can we stop having this discussion now.