Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee. The teevee debilitates our culture. Inga Muscio More Quotes by Inga Muscio More Quotes From Inga Muscio Loving, knowing, and respecting our bodies is a powerful and invincible act of rebellion in this society. Inga Muscio powerful body knowing If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesn’t feel right, pay attention. If the hairs on the back of your neck prickle, if your gut clenches up, if a wave of wrongness washes over you, if your heart starts beating faster, pay, pay, pay attention. Do not second-guess yourself or rationalize anything that impedes your safety. Our instincts are the animal inside of our humanness, warning us of danger. Inga Muscio hair heart animal I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm. Inga Muscio sadness grief joy We tend to hold that popping medicine in our mouths and swallowing is the extent of our involvement in the healing process. We believe that if we get better, it's because the medicine worked magic, not the person. Inga Muscio medicine healing believe Have a nice, cuntlovin' day. Inga Muscio nice Without honoring Whores, we cannot truly understand and transcend the dynamics of violence, destruction and ignorance fostered in our cuntfearing society. Inga Muscio dynamics violence ignorance What if one out of every three multinational corporation CEO's were raped every year? Don't you think that would raise a kind of ruckus? Inga Muscio what-if years thinking Masturbation is an absolutely peerless cure for the hiccups Inga Muscio masturbation hiccups cures Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the street, in stores, at celebrations, everywhere. Inga Muscio gender celebration oppression I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor. Inga Muscio sense-of-humor rich dark Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities. Inga Muscio flow love-is two Abuse is the means in which violence retards love. Inga Muscio abuse violence mean It's like suddenly in the Middle Ages, people figured men should be in charge of women's bodies since they were in charge of pretty much everything else Inga Muscio age men people As ever, the original inhabitants of Turtle Island are entirely overlooked. Mysteriously, the only time indigenous people are guaranteed a mainstream Amerikkan mention is on Thanksgiving. Again, to contextualize, this would be be kinda like someone busting into your house and robbing you blind, then sending you postcards once a year to remind you how much they are enjoying all of your stuff, and getting annoyed with you if you don't respond with appreciation for their thoughtfulness. Inga Muscio turtles islands appreciation What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know this, but the consequences of facing all these lies are so monstrous, we keep on hoping that maybe the corporate government administration and media are on the level with us this time. Americans remind me of survivors of domestic abuse. This is always the hope that this is the very, very, very last time one's ribs get re-broken again. Inga Muscio heart lying cheating Women of color have no call to trust white women until white women take a gander at the world around them, investigate, learn and annihilate ignorance founded in being white in a society where the perspective and voice presented to the general public is white. Inga Muscio voice color ignorance Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ. Inga Muscio words me power children Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls. Inga Muscio you light simple work I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up. Inga Muscio myself me laughter people Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful. Inga Muscio words hurt memories people
