“I believe that in this worldview, which is the dominant one, beauty is seen as the only legitimate capital that women are allowed possess. But beauty is supposed to serve power’s interests. When beauty occurs in an “unruly body”, such as a non-white person’s body, then it is an existential threat.”— Tressie McMillan Cottom , tressiemcphd.medium.com
“We are trained to recognize the reactions of those who are not white men to white men as some sort of useful path to power.”— Rebecca Traister, thecut.com
“The 73-year-old Congressman, who was first elected in 1988, faces a tough primary race from Jamaal Bowman, an African-American former Bronx middle school principal whom Ocasio-Cortez endorsed earlier this month.”— Stuart Emmrich, Vogue, vogue.com