Ocean Capewell
Goodreads Author
Born
in queens, ny
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
January 2008
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The Most Beautiful Rot
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2014
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high on burning photographs #3
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2008
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high on burning photographs #2/laminated hearts club
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2005
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Dionne's Story: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose for the Awareness of Violence Against Women
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2009
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"poetry wise this isn't my style. theme wise though i think that a lot of important topics were covered and i especially appreciated the afterword and the resources provided"
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this ISN'T for reading straight through. i'm a therapist and at the end of our sessions, if we have time, i've been asking clients, "do you want some unsolicited advice from the universe?" and, if they say yes, i hand them this book to flip through a ...more | |
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a lot of fun. i loved the little details, like all of the parsnip-eating, non-binary menstrual products (including the divx cup, lolz), clarice & toni's cameo at the far mar, etc. i don't like goats IRL but the pygmy goats won my heart. i love how th ...more | |
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genuinely hilarious at parts and a treat for l word fans. | |
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one of the best books I’ve ever read about aging hippies coming out as 2/3rds of a throuple to their child after said child drops out of Oberlin because their asexual polycule imploded" |
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i can see some people really loving this book, especially if you're a fan of either of the authors. a lot of the book is just their opinion on things, and their own experience. they say some things that are not objectively true (like "most trans guys ...more | |
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The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond:
"Awesome introduction to transness for those who are questioning or not sure what their next step is. I wish I’d read this when I was 14!!!! I wish there had been more on trans history and a broader perspective of trans people (eg not all thin rich wh"
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Lol i said that aloud too. But i thought that scene was awesome
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“Write the story that you were always afraid to tell. I swear to you that there is magic in it, and if you show yourself naked for me, I'll be naked for you. It will be our covenant
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“Poetry = Anger x Imagination”
― One Stick Song
― One Stick Song

“... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised, the fear of becoming the they that is talked about so dismissively, to refuse lying myths and easy moralities, to see ourselves as human, flawed, and extraordinary. All of us extraordinary”
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“I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them.”
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“dykes were put here to tip the scales! we have a very important job and i wouldn't trade it for the world. give me a choice between breeding, accelerated aging, living with an orangutan, and maid duty for life...or, autonomy, black boots, multiple orgasms, cats instead of kids, people who say what they mean, and nothing stopping me from doing whatever i wanna do...and guess which one i pick?”
― The Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist
― The Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist

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