“I want to drink punch with a million genderqueer school kids taking free martial arts lessons to survive recess. I stopped calling myself a pacifist when I heard Gandhi told women they should not physically fight off their rapists. I believe there is such a thing as a non-violent fist. I believe the earth is a woman muzzled, beaten, tied to the coal slinging tracks. I believe the muzzled have every right to rip off the bible belt and take it to the patriarchy’s ass. I know these words are gonna get me in trouble. It is never polite to throw back the tear gas. Just like it’s never polite to bring enough life rafts… they crowd the balconies where the wealthy people shine their jewels. But sometimes love…sometimes REAL love…is rude.”
— “Etiquette Leash” from Pansy by Andrea Gibson
