#lisa ko

[quotefeeling]

It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers

[perfectquote]

It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers

[quotespile]

He picked apart the words she said, hunting for clues, the way his English teachers made them read poems and spend twenty minutes talking about a sentence, the meaning behind the meaning. The meaning behind her telling him about her life. The meaning of Florida. The meaning of her not coming home.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers

[thoughtkick]

It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers

[perfectfeelings]

It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers

[litsnaps]

[jacobwren]

"Many of us who have spoken out against Israel’s war on Gaza have not only opposed the war, but also drawn connections between the violence there and other interlocking crises: mass death and displacement in Sudan, the Congo and Haiti; the disparity between U.S. military funding for war and funding for escalating climate catastrophes; the expansion of carceral systems, including surveillance and militarization of policing; and the increased criminalization of dissent following the racial justice protests in 2020, quelling connections between the global and the domestic. Suppression of dissent also suppresses connections between people and communities in a time of organized abandonment, a time when we need each other even more." - Lisa Ko, Literary Institutions Are Pressuring Authors to Remain Silent About Gaza

[resqectable]

It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.

Lisa Ko, The Leavers