#marge piercy quotes

[geryone]

The Hunger Moon, Marge Piercy

#quotes #poetry #quote #poem #Marge Piercy #id in alt text

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980 //“When a Friend Dies” The Moon Is Always Female, Marge Piercy//Kay Nielsen, (1886-1957), Danish illustrator

#kay nielsen #susan sontag #marge piercy #web weaving #mine #quotes #words #poetry #pain #when a friend dies #fatigue #dawn #black #darkness #sadness #depression

[maslows-pyramid-scheme]

piqued-curiosity/714824491771035648 and this is the post it's about: biphobia-central/710642957130268672 I'm sorry to gossip but this pisses me off so much. She really thinks it's ridiculous and unjust that bi women are mad she went out of her way to express support and admiration for a rape apologist that said bi women are just like TIMs. Of course she'll lecture bi women for "getting hung up" on something stupid and trivial like what worthless dick worshipers we are, but she won't ever ever criticize her friends reblogging those things uncritically. She doesn't see it as a bad thing if the woman she reblogged it from believes all those things lol the bad guys are obviously the dick worshipers that won't tell her she's justified for supporting this. Also like.... she's seriously comparing a random tumblr user that calls bi women dick worshipers to Andrea Dworkin? The prostitution and rape survivor that spent her life campaigning for women? Yeah Dworkin said some out there stuff but she's living in some fairy tale if she thinks Dworkin wasn't heavily criticized always. Just shows how she thinks the rape and effort of OSA women are insignificant compared to merely being a lesbian. Why doesn't she compare her beloved to the other random tumblr users here and now who get called porno shit by her buddies like once a month for saying they have a bf?

If someone frequently uncritically likes, reblogs, and interacts with biphobic/lesbophobic/misogynistic others, it's generally because they agree with the biphobic/lesbophobic/misogynistic others. Oh, it's infuriating, I just don't understand how some people can see an online friend/mutual make offensive, sexually degrading, or intellectually dishonest comments and simply look the other way. Like, whatever happened to being 'pro-women' and 'female-centric?'

There are unfortunately a huge number of radfems and radblr orbiters who do this and I'm honestly not surprised by P - I see her name pop up when I'm trawling through some of the most hateful biphobic blogs in the likes (but I can't say I know a lot about her specifically) (she's a recommended blog for some of them lol).

The comparison seems really lazy. Who's the rape apologist? Oh, and what do you think of the original 'postmodernism is bisexual supremacy' post?

#i don't disagree with the need to be critical of the second wave radfems - some of them were/are incredibly lesbophobic #(like julie bindel sheila jeffries marge piercy and gail dines - all are/support political lesbianism) #and i wouldn't blame any contemporary lesbians if they wanted to ditch their writings completely (i'd ditch historical biphobes tbh) #sorry i don't have more to say on P - i really don't know much about her or the context of that quote #anon

[hungeringteeth]

Give your enemies nothing.

Marge Piercy, The Moon is Always Female

#quotes #poetry #marge piercy

[breakerofcurses]

"work is its own cure. you have to like it better than being loved."

#fave quote lately thank you marge piercy

[pityroad]

For the young who want to, Marge Piercy

#marge piercy #quotes #mine #for the young who want to #hard work #on writing #the meaning of life #the important thing is to have a task #on art #you have to like it better than being loved #favourite

[mumblingsage]

Don’t do your enemies’ work for them. Finish your own.

Marge Piercy, “Memo” 

in The Moon is Always Female  

#Marge Piercy #quotes #creative advice #poetry #spite

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

How can I go deep into myself and develop my own strength if I don’t get to find out how I am alone as well as with others?

Woman on the Edge of Time (by Marge Piercy)

#woman on the edge of time #marge piercy #quote #book quotes #books

[thegentleintellectual]

#loneliness #Marge piercy #female poets #women poets #female authors #literature #poetry #literature blog #bookblr #quotes #prose #poetry blog #sad quotes #loneliness quotes #follow for follow #I follow back #my collection

[fairymoe]

There's hair under my arms and a thundering in my soul, no female is free till all females are free. We don't look like a threat, we are one; a threat to the system that has held us down and pushed us back for centuries. Female empowerment, in its purest form is not about being equal to men, despite what many mistakenly think: it is about recognizing and honouring the contributions of women as unique and powerful, and different than those of men. I am not a woman, but I would rather associate with the breadth and depth that is femininity, in all of its rawness and complexities, than with the dominance of men.

Until they stop policing our bodies, we will not stop using them to fight back. As long as they tie our hands behind our back we will continue to struggle, rope burned wrists to legislated uteri, and we will continue to resist.

#marge piercy #quote #i’m angry #no woman is free until all women are free #womanhood #resist #females of the world unite #feminism #female #poetry #vent blog

[hodrepaem]

i want you to want me

as directly and simply and variously

as a cup of hot coffee.

to want to, to have to, to miss what can't have room to happen.

i carry my love for you

around with me like my teeth

and i am starving.

— The Nuisance, Marge Piercy.

#quote #quotes #literature #poetry #marge piercy

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"You come as a wild man, as a homeless sidewalk orator, you come as a woman taking the bima, you come in prayer and song, you come in a fierce rant. Open the door for Eliyahu that she may come in."

Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!

#open polls #polls #poetry #poems #poetry polls #poets and writing #tumblr poetry #have you read this #the cup of eliyahu #marge piercy #judaism #passover #happy passover

[souldagger]

top 5 homoerotic relationships in media + top 5 quotes/moments that make u Lose Your Mind?

top 5 homoerotic relationships in media

samberto (note that this is my very subjective personal top 5)

whatever the new mutants lesbian polycule has going on

troy and abed community. actually im just gonna end it here i'm blanking on everything ive ever read/watched but i don't think anything can top troy/abed

top 5 quotes/moments that make me Lose My Mind

the infirmary scene in Ancillary Mercy where Breq's sobbing in bed and seivarden comes in to lay down w her. the whole convo she has with ship.... "and you're not used to being loved. you're used to people being attached to you. or fond of you. or depending on you. but not loving you, not really. so it doesn't occur to you that's something that might actually happen." o|-< genuinely i have to limit myself to only one Imperial Radch scene or it'll take over this list. no #1 series that makes me experience shrimp emotions

"you can go home again so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been." oh ursula we're really in it now...

this bit from Woman on the edge of time by marge piercy:

also this whole thing from babel-17. idk what samuel delany puts in his writing but truly no one does it like him

i mean. i have to. literally why did they frame it like that i think about this all the time

#i love the phrase 'losing my mind' its so universal. applies to the woman on the edge of time monologue AND to yeah it's twelve fkjgnkf #thank u river <333 #ask games

[phdmama]

11, 19, and 26 for the book asks if you haven't done them. 🥰

Ooo thank you pal!!

11. the best book u have ever read?

OH MAN that is really a tough one! I'm not sure I can pick just one! I'm trying to think about what I go to for my rereads. I really loved The Stand (the unabridged version, exceedingly dated now I'm sure but it just, like captivated me). I absolutely loved Marge Piercy's Gone to Soliders, that was another one where I started it and stayed up all night because I just could not stop. I haven't reread it in ages though, so I can't speak to how it holds up. Same for a bunch of John Irving, I don't know if it works now but when I first read things like Owen Meany or Hotel NH or Garp, I just. God, I loved them. I've been reading SO MUCH fic for a long time now, so I could tell you like, so many fics from so many different pairings.

19. a book u came across randomly but ended up loving it?

Okay, please don't judge me. But, I came across the Mortal Instruments at like, TJ Maxx I think? And they sort of looked like a thing I'd like, so I got them (just the first 3 books) and I just really really enjoyed them! I know Cassandra Clare is... a problem and like, there are just too many, I haven't kept up, but they were fun and lightweight but also had a tiny bit of depth to them... Yeah, they were very fun.

26. ur fav quote from a book?

This is actually quote from an essay, so not a book, but it came across my life a very very long time ago, at a time where I was in terrible trouble emotionally/mentally and it just. It was so profoundly important for me, and I ended up having the essay as a reading at my wedding, but it's this part:

Forms join us to time, to the consequences and fruitions of our own passing. The Zen student, the poet, the husband, the wife-none knows with certainty what he or she is staying for, but all know the likelihood that they will be staying "a while": to find out what they are staying for. And it is the faith of all these disciplines that they will not stay to find out that they should not have stayed.

    That faith has nothing to do with what is usually called optimism. As the traditional marriage ceremony insists, not everything we stay to find out will make us happy. The faith, rather, is that by staying, and only by staying, we will learn something of the truth, that the truth is good to know, and that it is always both different and larger than we thought.

Something about that line, it is the faith of all these disciplines that they will not stay to find out that they should not have stayed, it just feels like a foundation for me. I stayed, and I am so thankful I did!

(sorry didn't mean to get too heavy haha - once a philosophy major, always a philosophy major I guess)

ask game(book edition)

[luveline]

How can I reach more people here on Tumblr? I already use hastags and reblog my stuff but I don't really reach much people. I enjoy writing here but it's demotivating if no one cares about it

I’m sorry baby I don’t know what to suggest, it sounds like you’re doing what I would advise! Please persevere and keep writing <3. There’s a quote by Marge Piercy about writing that I fall back on often where she says ‘you have to like it better than being loved’, especially when I was first starting out writing and wasn’t sure of myself

Again I’m sorry to hear it, I agree completely that it can be demotivating to struggle to reach people with your work, I really hope you can keep writing and find what you’re looking for! Keep reblogging yourself and putting yourself out there, you gotta be your biggest fan!! <3

#jade's asks #ily

[loveframe]

Independent Girl Quotes and Sayings

In life, being independent means that you don’t always need someone else to take care of you. You are in control of your own life and you can make the decisions that are best for you. This doesn’t mean that you’re a lone wolf or that you’re not sociable.

It simply means that you know how to take care of yourself and that you’re not afraid to take risks. Here are Elegant Inspirational quotes about being independent and Independent quotes for girls living life on your own terms.

Independent Girl Quotes

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. – Nora Ephron

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. – Gloria Steinem

A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. – Melinda Gates

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me. – Ayn Rand

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. – Pink

The kindest words my father said to me women like you drown the ocean. – Rupi Kaur

Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you. – Michelle Obama

She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tiptoed on. – Katlin Foster

I’m tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. – Madonna

If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. – Maya Angelou

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. – Angela Davis

Cute Independent Girl Quotes

As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire. – Jessica Kirkland

I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. – Calamity Jane

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. – Marge Piercy

She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear. – Atticus

The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone are the most feared individuals on the planet. – Mohadesa Najumi

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story— I will. – Amy Schumer

Of course, I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. – Chimamanda Ngọzi Adichie, Independent Girl Quotes

Independent Girl Quotes for Instagram

I never dreamed about success. I worked on it. – Estee Lauder

You don’t worry about fitting in when you’re custom made. – Drake

I’d never been a good damsel in distress. I was a ‘hands-on’ damsel. – Jennifer Armintrout

There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. – Madeleine Albright

She was free in her wilderness, she was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man. – Roman Payne

Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who does have the courage to handle you. – Belle Estreller

I would rather be thought of as smart, capable, strong and passionate than beautiful. These things all persist long after beauty fades. – Cassandra Duffy

You need to know that you’re enough – a mantra that has now ingrained itself so deeply within me that not a day goes by without hearing it chime in my head. – Meghan Markle

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. – Albert Einstein

Independent Girl Quotes for Instagram

I never dreamed about success. I worked on it. – Estee Lauder

You don’t worry about fitting in when you’re custom made. – Drake

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. – Maya Angelou

I’d never been a good damsel in distress. I was a ‘hands-on’ damsel. – Jennifer Armintrout

There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. – Madeleine Albright

She was free in her wilderness, she was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man. – Roman Payne

Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who does have the courage to handle you. – Belle Estreller

I would rather be thought of as smart, capable, strong and passionate than beautiful. These things all persist long after beauty fades. – Cassandra Duffy

You need to know that you’re enough – a mantra that has now ingrained itself so deeply within me that not a day goes by without hearing it chime in my head. – Meghan Markle

Independent Girl Captions for Instagram

Women must learn to play the game as men do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The most courageous act is to think for yourself. Aloud. – Coco Chanel

I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott

You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman. – Mary Elizabeth Winstead

She’s an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind. – Nicole Lyons

We, women, talk too much, but even then we don’t tell half what we know. – Nancy Astor

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. – Melissa Etheridge

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. – Margaret Thatcher

I am proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her. – Unknown

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