There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.
~ A.e. Samaan
If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex’ is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.
~ Judith Butler
The rich are poor without the poor's acknowledgment of money.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Using money in one’s attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one’s attempt to put an end to xenophobia.
Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.
If working-hours were natural, then employed men would only get erections between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. … during the week.
I see walking bombs on the streetHearts not beating, but ticking
~ Henry Rollins
Dating isn't a natural need, it is a social want.
Marriage is the commodification of affection, copulation, and, reproduction.
Marriage and dating are man-made ideologies; if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, we’d all be born in pairs; as couples.
What I was pointing to was that, yeah, blackness is a fiction; whiteness is a fiction. When we live according to these categories, we’re living within a fiction. Of course, it’s a fiction with very real consequences.
~ Jess Row
Bodies are not only biological phenomena but also complex social creations onto which meanings have been variously composed and imposed according to time and space.
~ Katrina Karkazis
