Books
"At the end of every sexual relationship I never cry because I save my tears for shit like dog food commercials and reality television singing competitions, but I always want to because “that dude seemed cool with all my weird moles and dark fleshy patches and holy shit I can never show this wretched body to anyone ever again.”"
-Samantha Irby, “Forest Whitaker’s Neck” from Meaty
My body was a book of rules, my heart the spine, my skin plastered with pages. Written on each one was the text that held the world together.
Elissa Washuta, My Body Is a Book of Rules
"Behind every crazy woman is a man sitting very quietly, saying 'What? I'm not doing anything.'"
Problems, Jade Sharma
"The sheets in the photographs match the sheets on the bed. The body looks good. The face isn't much. I smile. I'm one of them now, a blade in the guts of some future girl."
From Things to Make and Break, by May-Lan Tan
"Of course they are making a fuss, her being drowned and all. It’s a long time since we’ve had a drowning by flood; it’s an important event in this village."
-Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
