People trust my voice. And my expertise, honestly, is not political science. It's emotion and expression and sort of presence, you know? Anohni More Quotes by Anohni More Quotes From Anohni God - God's the wrong word - goddess or nature will conspire to transform you in a way you couldn't have imagined. Anohni younaturegodway Participation in and of itself is an act against hopelessness. Speaking up is a gesture against hopelessness. Anohni actagainstupparticipation For millennia, men have enslaved women and attempted to appropriate female creative power, re-casting themselves as gods and creators. This assault continues today in the forms of ruthless wealth and mineral extraction, genetic engineering, mass surveillance, and war mongering. Anohni womentodaymenwar Life is short, and there's something to be said for being true to yourself. Anohni shortyourselflife-is-shortlife It's a feminine universe, and every person who has ever tried to convince you otherwise is doing little more than pounding on his mother's breast, enraged by the predicament he faces as a leaf, dangling from the tree of life. Anohni youmothertreelife Hopelessness is a feeling. It's not a fact. Anohni factfeelinghopelessness This illusion that a lower class has less intelligence than a higher class is a complete fake-out. Anohni completeillusionintelligenceclass The top end are still making bucket loads while maintaining the illusion of the American dream: that if you work hard enough, you can make a fortune. Meanwhile, the working and middle classes have been hollowed out of the system. Anohni work-hardyouamerican-dreamwork My favourite moment from the Oscars was when Brando didn't attend and sent a Native American woman to talk about Wounded Knee. She delivered a very unpopular and lengthy monologue about the injustice for indigenous people in North America. It was one of the greatest moments in American television. Anohni womanmomentmomentspeople As a transgendered artist, I have always occupied a place outside of the mainstream. I have gladly paid a price for speaking my truth in the face of loathing and idiocy. Anohni faceplaceartisttruth Rage is a really fun place to dance from - expressions of anger sublimated into something beautiful are invigorating, especially if you feel like you're telling the truth. Anohni angerdancetruthbeautiful We're not just polluting a river and killing a couple of top predator animals; we're eradicating the krill, the necessary algae. We're dismantling the insect and amphibian worlds. We're going for the building blocks. Anohni riveranimalstopbuilding When a person only knows abuse, they shift their whole emotional and spiritual life into the context of that abuse. If all you've ever known is to be hurt by the one that pretends to love you, then many times you go to the one who hurts you for love. Anohni youspirituallovelife We've been playing in the sandbox of creation for millions of years. We ruin one environment, we move on to the next - manifest destiny. Now it's hitting us collectively: Our mother's life is in our hands. Anohni destinymotherlifehands You need money to have advocacy in America. People that don't have money don't have advocacy. Anohni youmoneyamericapeople I've always been transgender, and I always will be. Having said that, my spirit is feminine. If you had to divide humanity into two groups, I would sit with the women. Anohni youtransgenderwomenhumanity In our lifetime, we're going to see fifty percent of the world's species go extinct. We're already seeing this radical rise in the world's temperature that was predicted. Anohni risegoseeworld America has no real idea of the extent to which it abuses its authority and power. Anohni realauthoritypoweramerica We're all just waiting for our sugar lumps. That's how life has been structured for us. Anohni howsugarwaitinglife I was never going to become a beautiful, passable woman, and I was never going to be a man. It's a quandary. But the trans condition is a beautiful mystery; it's one of nature's best ideas. Anohni bestmannaturebeautiful
