“What matters most to me, is that I know how I feel, and the rest of the world might catch up one day, even if it’ll be a quiet revolution over longer than my lifetime, if it happens at all."
"Girl, Woman, Other," was overwhelming good. The way Bernardine Evaristo seamlessly intertwines 12 women and queer's stories was unexpected. I've never read a book that centers the Black British experience and I learned so much entering the world of these complex people's stories. These stories, about abuse, sexuality, gender, success, teendom, pregnancy and motherhood, health, and history, are so full of life and love and optimism. Evaristo reminds us of how far we've come, and yet how far we have left to go. She pushes boundaries not just with her poetic, imaginative writing style, but with her progressive mind and steadfast love for people and their untold stories.