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Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
“In moments of unrest, it’s important to remember that, as Martin Luther King Jr. stated, there is no greater purveyor of violence than the US government. From war to policing to incarceration to border violence to the slashing of the social safety net, the US government kills untold millions. The violence of rebellion is infinitesimal by compariso
... See morePhony empiricism in the service of being totally wrong is one of those grand American traditions, like tailgating or real estate speculation. Its perpetrators get to double their column inches, the first time in elaborate tautological error, the second time in grotesquely self-serving repentance Perversely, in admitting to being total id
... See more“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves” - bell hooks