S. Bear Bergman quotes
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“One bright pansy popping through a sidewalk crack will get weeded or stepped on; it's not until twenty fabulous flowers bust through and the pavement is ruined anyway that someone decides maybe it isn't a sidewalk at all, but a flower garden. So please, for the love of gender--go bloom.”
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“Remember - the fault is in the garment, certainly not the girl. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the shape of her. Some designers cut their clothes for certain body types and others for others. Occasionally the pattern will make her ***** look strangely square or the fabric will cling in an unflattering way, but Not Cut Well is always the answer, and it has the extremely delightful quality of saving your ***** and being completely true at the same time. Use it wisely.”
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“So please, for the love of gender- go bloom. Or water someone else while they do.”
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“When people speak admiringly of a butch, what I see is someone who has taken on the best gendered characteristics of both woman and man, left a lot of the stuff born of misogyny and heterosexism behind, and walked forward into the world without apology.”
-- S. Bear BergmanSource : S. Bear Bergman (2010). “Butch is a Noun”, p.66, arsenal pulp press
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Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage
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“It is not the gardener that makes the garden. It is the garden that makes the gardener.”
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“Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.”
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“When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.”
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