I Think Proteins Are Really Good For

The Fact That People Go To Portland To Visit A Tiny Feminist Bookstore-no Matter What The Impetus Is For Them Getting There-the Fact That They Go In There And Look Around And Shop For Books Or Stationery Or Whatever, Is A Major Source Of Pride For Me.

What I Value Most In New Music Today Is Strangeness, Oddity. Passion. And Humor. I Listen To A Lot Of Hip-hop Because It Combines So Many Things Like That.

I'm Pretty Horrible At Relationships And Haven't Been In Many Long-term Ones. Leaving And Moving On - Returning To A Familiar Sense Of Self-reliance And Autonomy - Is What I Know; That Feeling Is As Comfortable And Comforting As It Might Be For A Different Kind Of Person To Stay.

Even If, Personally, I'm In A Place Of Contentment Or Solidity, I Feel Like It's Hard Not To Look Out Into American Culture And See Vast Inequity, Widespread Institutionalized Violence And Racism And Transphobia And Environmental Destruction. It's Hard To Be In This World And Feel A Sense Of Innate Satisfaction At All. There's Plenty Of Things To Feel Unsettled About.

I Think We As People Struggle For What Is Meaningful In Our Lives, And I Think That Modern, Contemporary Life Is As Easy As It's Ever Been, For Many, Many People, And The Amount Of Physical Exertion, For Most People, Is Less Than It's Ever Been. I Think That There Is Something About The Ritual Of Making Things More Difficult That People Find Meaning In.