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Agha Shahid Ali

(that’s it! that’s the whole poem! you know when shahid decides to make a dark joke it takes you triply by surprise)

When a male author can't write women it's usually like reading about space aliens. When a female author can't write men it's usually like watching a movie where through clever camera trickery every male role is played by the same guy. Like, she can totally write man, but just the one.

put that woman into a Situation now. i'm serious. drop that sad whiteboy you've been chewing on for the last three hours and just try chewing on the Woman. it's so much better out here. the world is beautiful. you are putting yourself in a cage. take my hand and come with me. put that woman into a Situation

testosterone will have you thinking thoughts like. a breakfast burrito would cure all my mental and physical health problems

Agha Shahid Ali

(that’s it! that’s the whole poem! you know when shahid decides to make a dark joke it takes you triply by surprise)