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Jenny Johnson quotes

Ocupation: Television producer

Life: b. June 9, 1982

Birthday: June 9

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Writing for me is an ongoing practice of facing and countering fears. And so, in that sense, I have always been responding to phobias. I am often most surprised by the writing that comes from facing fears that strike closest to home, poems that explore internalized phobias about gender identity, sexuality, and the body, poems that struggle with a question like do I deserve love?

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Topics: Struggle, Home, Writing

quote i do think that our bodies are capable of many magical and inexplicable things that jenny johnson Quotes

I do think that our bodies are capable of many magical and inexplicable things that have nothing to do with reproduction. I have read that some birds may sing just for pleasure and not for any other Darwinian imperative. Birds singing because it feels good - that's the kind of biology that helps me understand this diverse world.

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Topics: Thinking, Feel Good, Bird

A poem is a liminal space that can offer a sensation of belonging. A poem won't bring you a cold beer, but it may offer you a stool where you can sit down and feel momentarily at home. LGBT folks need intergenerational spaces where their lives and experiences are foregrounded.

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Topics: Home, Beer, Lgbt

On the key to a successful Twitter account: Write the things that you think are funny and that's what's gonna click with people.

Topics: Writing, Successful, Thinking

I think normative or binary lenses for seeing bodies often crush or delegitimize other felt physical experiences of being and desiring. I've found that such inadequate ways of understanding bodies can be - but aren't always - based on biological perspectives.

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Topics: Crush, Thinking, Perspective, Binary

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