There's a level of disregard someone will show you, that if you continue talking to them, you're probably a fool

Robert Greene was right when he said: “Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.”

the “i don’t really do politics” crowd is something i genuinely struggle to understand once you are past a certain age. politics is not a hobby you opt into. it is the system that determines how you live.

One of the most painful parts of living in this country is watching people with so much brilliance slowly shrink their dreams to fit the limitations around them.

To the women of the movement, the ones who refuse to shrink, who scream in the face of doubt and rewrite the rules simply by existing. To the ones who defy the odds and dismantle stereotypes. We celebrate you today, every fierce, radical and brilliant part of you.

For those of you interested in jury trials, this is Parliament at its best. 👇

I have read The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, The Wretched of the Earth, The Underground, Metamorphosis, The Outsider, Nausia, Beloved, The Trial, Black Skin White Masks, White Nights, 1984, Native Son, and I believe everyone should read these books.

Edna Mmbali Ombakho came to the UK from Kenya to study and reach her goals, only to end up being found dead in a body of water. No wall-to-wall mainstream media coverage. No televised press conference. Just one local news report followed by silence. open.substack.com/pub/melissasig…

Mahmood Mamdani: “My intellectual ambition comes in part from my marginality,” he said. “I have learned that I belong wherever I am, and I must never take the stance of an outsider.” nytimes.com/2026/03/14/wor…

I bought and read Alison Botha's book, and cried tears. One thing that stayed with me, was how, as she pushed her intestines in her stomach and tightened them with her jean jacket, fighting to survive, she managed to write the names of her attackers on the sand, because they

Toni Morrison, on living in times of crisis:

I have read all of Dostoevsky's books, and if there is one thing I have learned, it’s that reading Dostoevsky is less a literary preference and more a measure of how deeply one has made peace with suffering.

Mad? Maybe. Misunderstood? Definitely. Mad Women is coming to a bookstore near you on Tuesday 7th April 2026.

It's pure delusion to think you are as radical as you are without the long and heavy work the feminists before you did. All of us are running because the women before us walked and we hope the women after us don't just run but can fly to the moon.

bell hooks: "We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.”

I'm so proud to have my most recent job be one of the researchers for Too Early For Birds. So proud of the research team. My like minded peers who really internalised Wangari and are dedicated to history. We really set out to give historical context and it was so well executed.

The emotionally intelligent person knows that love is a skill, not a feeling, and will require trust, vulnerability, generosity, humor, sexual understanding, and selective resignation. The emotionally intelligent person awards themselves the time to determine what gives their

This book is everything! 🔥 📚 👌🏿