38 Quotes by Vivek Shraya

If we want masculinity to be different, we mustconfront and tackle the baseline instead of longing for exceptions.

One way or another, white people always found a way to fuck a brown woman over.

What would my body look like if I didn’t want affection from gay men and protection from straight men? What would my body look and feel like if I didn’t have to mould it into both a shield and an ornament?How do I love a body that was never fully my own?

Do these parts still exist somewhere inside of me with the capacity to be reactivated?

Sexist comments, intimidation, groping, violating boundaries, and aggression are merely seen as "typical" for men. But "typical" is dangerously interchangeable with "acceptable".

Why is being touch by strangers — strangers who refuse to identify themselves — a form of flattery?

dad had to......work three jobs he had to give his time off to sleep instead of knowing me

Queerness is associated with freedom from boundaries.

He recognized that she and he could hold hands and kiss in most places and that landlords wouldn’t think twice about renting to them. But queer spoke to all the other spaces and moments his body and heart didn’t fit into.