The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.

The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.

Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.