Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of what the culture is ready to recognize as mothering or fathering, but who most certainly is an excellent parent.
I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem like they do. There's something really vital ab… - Maggie Nelson
I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem like they do. There's something really vital ab…
- Maggie Nelson
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of. - Maggie Nelson
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
Our kids just aren't living in the same generation, and if they're not introduced to gender identity as a problem, they won't internalize them as a p… - Maggie Nelson
Our kids just aren't living in the same generation, and if they're not introduced to gender identity as a problem, they won't internalize them as a p…
I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art. - Maggie Nelson
I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're… - Maggie Nelson
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're…
For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chos… - Maggie Nelson
For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chos…
Is it exciting to have a codified identity, which then gets a codified set of rights and recognitions and visibility? Are we supposed to take it from… - Maggie Nelson
Is it exciting to have a codified identity, which then gets a codified set of rights and recognitions and visibility? Are we supposed to take it from…
Not to be too doctrinaire, but we live in the patriarchy! And therefore anything explicitly associated with the female gender, including motherhood, … - Maggie Nelson
Not to be too doctrinaire, but we live in the patriarchy! And therefore anything explicitly associated with the female gender, including motherhood, …
I love language. It doesn't bother me that its effects are partial. To me that is very sanity-producing. It would be weird if the effects of language… - Maggie Nelson
I love language. It doesn't bother me that its effects are partial. To me that is very sanity-producing. It would be weird if the effects of language…
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