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Alok Vaid-Menon

(1991) Poet

9 quotes in 13 categories

Alok Vaid-Menon is a poet.

Quick Facts About Alok Vaid-Menon

Born: July 1, 1991
Profession: Poet

About Alok Vaid-Menon

[Wikidata] American performance artist, and LGBTQ rights activist... | [Wikipedia] Alok Vaid-Menon, also known mononymously as Alok, is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Vaid-Menon is gender non-conforming and transfeminine, and uses singular they pronouns.

Quotes by Alok Vaid-Menon

“It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop.”

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Gender equality

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“A lot more airtime is given to other people's use of us, rather than our own experiences. Our existence is made into…

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Gender equality

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“How are you supposed to be believed about the harm that you experience when people don't even believe that you exist? The…

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Gender equality

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“The scrutiny on our bodies distracts us from what's really going on here: control. The emphasis on our appearance distracts us from…

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Focus

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“I am sorry that the only way we have been taught to heal is to hurt.”

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“It's like being handed over a scantron sheet and demanded to paint a self-portrait on it. It's possible, of course, but why…

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Gender

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“maybe i have given up fighting for "mine" and have settled for "not yours”

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“The truth is, that we are in a state of emergency. In the past few years, we have seen an onslaught of…

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Gender equality

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“At a fundamental level, we are still having to argue for the very ability to exist. The truth is, I still cannot…

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Gender equality

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