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header from “the transformation of silence into language and action” by audre lorde
header from “the transformation of silence into language and action” by audre lorde
Exhausting, wasn't it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. But now they see you as you are.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Exhausting, wasn't it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. But now they see you as you are.
Baru Cormorant’s wound swallows half her world.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Baru Cormorant’s wound swallows half her world.
I won’t hesitate any longer.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I won’t hesitate any longer.
Ask me and I will stay.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ask me and I will stay.
It will either resent you or protect you, and you need its protection, Anna.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It will either resent you or protect you, and you need its protection, Anna.
You're in a lot of them. In one of the recurring ones, we're in your living room, and I've just drank your drugged screwdriver... and you're screaming, asking me why I did it. Asking me why I have a horse's head instead of my face.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
You're in a lot of them. In one of the recurring ones, we're in your living room, and I've just drank your drugged screwdriver... and you're screaming, asking me why I did it. Asking me why I have a horse's head instead of my face.
We were messed up kids who taught ourselves how to live.
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We were messed up kids who taught ourselves how to live.
Shir stared at Baru, as if willing her to grasp some lesson in Xe’s body, in this body Baru had wanted and been wanted by: sex and death, death and sex, together.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Shir stared at Baru, as if willing her to grasp some lesson in Xe’s body, in this body Baru had wanted and been wanted by: sex and death, death and sex, together.
You wouldn’t.
I would. Wouldn’t you?
I would. Wouldn’t you?
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
You wouldn’t.
I would. Wouldn’t you?
I would. Wouldn’t you?
As she strode through the forecourt of Colwen Grounds, she crossed paths once again with Glinda. But both women averted their eyes and hurried their feet along their opposing ways. For the Witch, the sky was a huge boulder pressing down on her. For Glinda it was much the same.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
As she strode through the forecourt of Colwen Grounds, she crossed paths once again with Glinda. But both women averted their eyes and hurried their feet along their opposing ways. For the Witch, the sky was a huge boulder pressing down on her. For Glinda it was much the same.
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
I have passed through fire.
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I have passed through fire.
There was one poem, she says, speaking softly, almost to herself, as if she is trying to remember an almost-faded dream. One poem that just—
She rubs the spot between her collarbones, as if the punch of the poem still lingers there
She rubs the spot between her collarbones, as if the punch of the poem still lingers there
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
There was one poem, she says, speaking softly, almost to herself, as if she is trying to remember an almost-faded dream. One poem that just—
She rubs the spot between her collarbones, as if the punch of the poem still lingers there
She rubs the spot between her collarbones, as if the punch of the poem still lingers there
I came all this way to be with you so don’t be afraid of this world where we can meet!
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I came all this way to be with you so don’t be afraid of this world where we can meet!
But you have not once asked me what I wanted. You only assumed, same as them. Same as him. Same as everybody else. You’re all alike. You think in lines and in words.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
But you have not once asked me what I wanted. You only assumed, same as them. Same as him. Same as everybody else. You’re all alike. You think in lines and in words.
Iscend is glad to exist, in a way very few people will ever attain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Iscend is glad to exist, in a way very few people will ever attain.
Because I am the Rose Bride...because I am a doll with no heart... I thought that no matter what befell my body, my heart wouldn't feel the pain.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Because I am the Rose Bride...because I am a doll with no heart... I thought that no matter what befell my body, my heart wouldn't feel the pain.
Someday, together, we'll shine.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Someday, together, we'll shine.
She reaches out and takes Hella’s hands, and then sort of kisses one side of knuckles and kisses the other side of knuckles. And then gives her hands a little encouraging squeeze. Like a ‘you got this’ kind of squeeze.
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
She reaches out and takes Hella’s hands, and then sort of kisses one side of knuckles and kisses the other side of knuckles. And then gives her hands a little encouraging squeeze. Like a ‘you got this’ kind of squeeze.
Well, color me suprised. I didn't know Agott was capable of smiling like that.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Well, color me suprised. I didn't know Agott was capable of smiling like that.
You have a sense for the black things, Sparrowhawk, said the Doorkeeper. You ever did.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You have a sense for the black things, Sparrowhawk, said the Doorkeeper. You ever did.
Is that what you think of me?
I don’t really think about you.
Yeah, right, lady. You do think about me. And I think about you. It’s called a human relationship. And sorry, but we have one.
I don’t really think about you.
Yeah, right, lady. You do think about me. And I think about you. It’s called a human relationship. And sorry, but we have one.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Is that what you think of me?
I don’t really think about you.
Yeah, right, lady. You do think about me. And I think about you. It’s called a human relationship. And sorry, but we have one.
I don’t really think about you.
Yeah, right, lady. You do think about me. And I think about you. It’s called a human relationship. And sorry, but we have one.
I just know that I woke up and I found my way back to you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I just know that I woke up and I found my way back to you.
Hella, you want me back there?
I mean, no. But like, you filled the silence for a very long time and it...I just thought you were coming.
I mean, no. But like, you filled the silence for a very long time and it...I just thought you were coming.
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hella, you want me back there?
I mean, no. But like, you filled the silence for a very long time and it...I just thought you were coming.
I mean, no. But like, you filled the silence for a very long time and it...I just thought you were coming.
Why do you act like you care about me? 'Cause you don't.
How- how can you say that-
You like the paronage. You’ve always liked the patronage.
I- we're we've- we're in this together! Of course I care about you!
How- how can you say that-
You like the paronage. You’ve always liked the patronage.
I- we're we've- we're in this together! Of course I care about you!
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Why do you act like you care about me? 'Cause you don't.
How- how can you say that-
You like the paronage. You’ve always liked the patronage.
I- we're we've- we're in this together! Of course I care about you!
How- how can you say that-
You like the paronage. You’ve always liked the patronage.
I- we're we've- we're in this together! Of course I care about you!