Quotes from Bernardine Evaristo

the so-called democratization of reviews means the lowering of standards, and that subject knowledge, history and critical context are at risk of being lost in favour of people who only know how to write in attention-seeking soundbites.

We should celebrate that many more women are reconfiguring feminism and that grassroots activism is spreading like wildfire and millions of women are waking up to the possibility of taking ownership of our world as fully-entitled human beings How's can we argue with that?

she's Mum's emotional caretaker, always has been, always will be it's the burden of being an only child, especially a girl who will naturally be more caring.

what it was like when white men opened doors or gave up their seats on public transport for white women (which was sexist), but not for them (which was racist)

very small children don't care about skin colour, Rachel, until they're brainwashed by their parents

you see, Megan, I learnt first hand how women are discriminated against, which is why I became a feminist after I'd transitioned, an intersectional feminist, because it's not just about gender but race, sexuality, class and other intersections which we mostly unthinkingly live anyway

being trans wasn't about playacting an identity on a whim, it's about becoming your true self in spite of society's pressures to be otherwise, most people on the trans spectrum felt different from childhood