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" There are many things to question in this conflation of binaries: good/bad, with normal/abnormal, and natural/unnatural. First off, can we really say that "normal" and "natural" things are somehow morally better than those that are "abnormal" and "unnatural"? It's not normal to be a genius, a musical prodigy, or a great altruist, but we generally don't shun those people! And it's pretty unnatural to use smartphones and to fly around the world, yet people welcome the ability to do those things. "
― Meg-John Barker , Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
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" The partner/friend binary places coupled, monogamous, romantic, sexual, partnered love right at the pinnacle of human experience. Like the sexual and gender binaries this is quite a new, Western dominant culture thing to do, and certainly not the way that relationships have been done globally, or across time. "
― Meg-John Barker , Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
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" Knowing who we are, what we want, and being able to express our needs, wants, and desires - so that we can find others to share them - makes us poor targets for capitalism, because we can now access intimacy in many ways, with several beings, and even by ourselves. This type of knowing is rooted in radical self-care, an acceptance of interdependence, and radical self-love. "
― Meg-John Barker , Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
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" Indigenous, Black, and Brown bodies are often non-consensually objectified, exoticized, and touched in public, especially, but not only, if presenting as feminine. It's as if bodies that "don't matter" in dominant culture become communal property of those that "do matter". "
― Meg-John Barker , Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between