“The family is also the legal assertion that a baby, a neonatal human, is the creation of the familial romantic dyad; and that this act of authorship in turn generates, for the authors, property rights in “their” progeny—parenthood—but also quasi-exclusive accountability for the child’s life.
The near-total dependence of the young person on these guardians is portrayed not as the harsh lottery that it patently is, but rather as “natural,” not in need of social mitigation, and, furthermore, beautiful for all concerned."
– Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation, Sophie Lewis
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Imam
In front of Allah, it seems to me that we are all equal. But Allah, why don't you punish this incestuous man?
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Man
Dékié, where are you going?
Dékié
Where truth is not a privilege, neither of birth nor of fortune. I'm leaving the village. [...] Whatever its source, truth is always noble.
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Griot
New things are only born from the things which decompose.
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Communities governed by facades of hypocrisy. Forked tongues. Lies. And we lie most of all to ourselves. Believe blindly. Affirm enigmatically.
We have a beautiful world and this is what we've done with it. Twisted it into something ugly and wicked, unfair and cruel.
To paraphrase Tracy Chapman, we need to start all over and make a new beginning.
“The family is also the legal assertion that a baby, a neonatal human, is the creation of the familial romantic dyad; and that this act of authorship in turn generates, for the authors, property rights in “their” progeny—parenthood—but also quasi-exclusive accountability for the child’s life.
The near-total dependence of the young person on these guardians is portrayed not as the harsh lottery that it patently is, but rather as “natural,” not in need of social mitigation, and, furthermore, beautiful for all concerned."
– Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation, Sophie Lewis
*
Imam
In front of Allah, it seems to me that we are all equal. But Allah, why don't you punish this incestuous man?
*
Man
Dékié, where are you going?
Dékié
Where truth is not a privilege, neither of birth nor of fortune. I'm leaving the village. [...] Whatever its source, truth is always noble.
*
Griot
New things are only born from the things which decompose.
"""
Communities governed by facades of hypocrisy. Forked tongues. Lies. And we lie most of all to ourselves. Believe blindly. Affirm enigmatically.
We have a beautiful world and this is what we've done with it. Twisted it into something ugly and wicked, unfair and cruel.
To paraphrase Tracy Chapman, we need to start all over and make a new beginning.
