Mary Shelley on the Courage to Speak Up Against Injustice and the Power of Words in Revising the World
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Mary Shelley on the Courage to Speak Up Against Injustice and the Power of Words in Revising the World
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work. It means that you do not treat your body as a commodity with which to purchase superficial intimacy or economic security; for our bodies to be tre
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Isn’t it wild how much power our words have?
How easily they can cast spells on people, how they have ripple effects in all directions?
And yet how often we shy away from using them, even when all they would do is bring more beauty into the world?
So what are you waiting for?
How easily they can cast spells on people, how they have ripple effects in all directions?
And yet how often we shy away from using them, even when all they would do is bring more beauty into the world?
So what are you waiting for?
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“Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, "This is me and the world be damned!" Leaders have always been the ones to stand against the society — Socrates, Christ, Freud, all the way down the line.” — Rollo May
It is only by getting the words right—describing the world as it is—that one can act rightly and resist on behalf of others and oneself.