Jennifer Armintrout quotes

The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity. (Jennifer Armintrout)
If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Writers generally get into writing because they want to write, not because they want to be independent publishers, and you can't really fault someone for saying, 'What I'm doing right now works, so there's no reason to change it.' View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Movies like 'The Interview' and 'Team America: World Police' don't often show the realities of life in North Korea and the human rights violations perpetrated by the government there. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Because Melissa McCarthy actually is a fat woman, she isnt allowed to make brash statements about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and 'chubby' women is because she is representative of conventional beauty. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
It's far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout
Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to constant warnings that the genre is dying, kerfuffles between the media and readers occur with alarming regularity. View quote
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The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option. (Jennifer Armintrout)
When Jennifer Lawrence says it's 'dumb' to go hungry to make other people happy, she's saying it with the carefree attitude of a woman who probably will never have to make that choice to conform. View quote
Jennifer Armintrout