I write when I’ve begun to lose my sense of humor and it becomes a matter of my life and my death to get that sense of humor back and watch you laugh… My instrument is not my pen or my typewriter, not my lover’s Macintosh, not my cast of characters, not my body on stage. I write when nothing else will bring me peace, when I burn, when I find myself asking and answering the same questions over and over. #bell hooks Transformation is inhabiting what has hurt you and twisting it. There’s something very healing about loving the people who have hurt you the most, and then literally taking them on. And we twist these stereotypes, because that’s what happens when you inhabit what hurt you. What we do is we choose stereotypes as characters, but then we inhabit them as performers. Let me know what you found interesting!Īnd if you do want to buy the book you can get it here for like $7: She, like me, tells many stories, so my aim was to underline the points of her anecdotes. This way, if you can’t get through it, you at least have the parts I found interesting. I typed up some quotes working backwards through the book for those of you who haven’t bought it or haven’t finished reading.

Gender outlaw book