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61 " Postmodernists have explained time and time again that language is the basis of reality. Nothing is authentically true beyond the discourse through which it is conveyed. This is why there were no homosexuals before the word was coined in 1868, no alcoholics before the first diagnosis in 1849, no G alápagos tortoises before they were discovered in 1535, and no electricity before it was invented in 1879. With this in mind, it seems obvious that in order to defeat bigotry, we only need to eradicate the words required to express bigoted views. "
― Titania McGrath , Woke: A Guide to Social Justice
62 " Let us not forget that the history books were written by straight white men, which explains why history as an academic subject is so flagrantly revisionist. How many people, for instance, know or even care that Agatha Christie was a Bangladeshi transwoman? "
63 " As the movement’s co-founder Stuart Basden wrote in a recent article, Extinction Rebellion is also about defeating white supremacy, the patriarchy, Eurocentrism, heteronormativity and class hierarchy. So if your parents claim that they find it too difficult to be green, tell them that they can still show their support by having gay sex with a few African peasants. "
― Titania McGrath , My First Little Book of Intersectional Activism
64 " Boys are taught to lust after women early in life, mostly through video games and demeaning images in advertising, such as the scantily clad women on the Protein World posters, or that slut rabbit who used to sell Cadbury’s Caramel. "
65 " the Universe cartoons, with his rippling muscles and phallic sword, reeked of toxic masculinity. "