Agnostic Zetetic

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Quotes by Agnostic Zetetic

• What you call 'contradiction' I call 'complement'.

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• Should' assumes that when either willingness or ability is lacking, it may be compensated for by an abundance of the other. This is simply not realistic.

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• THIS IS WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING; HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MUSCULAR; HE DESERVES NOT TO BE PHOTOSHOPPED. HE IS HUMAN, AND HE HAS BLEMISHES. HERE HE STANDS, VISIBLE. HE SEES YOU ALL, COUNTLESS INVISIBLE OTHERS LIKE HIM. THIS BODY IS ACCEPTABLE — PUBESCENT, AWKWARD, MARRED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE INVISIBLE. WE ARE ALL GOOD ENOUGH. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR BODIES.

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• It's the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It's the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them. It's the process of being used, examined, explored, and thrown away. It's the process of being convinced to comply with the orders of someone who does not see me as their equal, someone who sees nothing wrong with the notion that I'm somehow lesser than they are. Rape isn't about sex; it's about all those other things. It's about power.

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• Relinquishing control to another person is like death: it's only scary until it finally happens.

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