"I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself……" — Jenny Hval
"I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself to how the world works in its silent ways to make everything seem normal when it's actually incredibly discriminating."
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15 Quotes by Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and…
- There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when…
- Gym is a center of capitalist breakdown, and everything is focused on the individual.
- Soft things are terrifying. They're the real signals of death. Images of strength can never be that terrifying. It's the…
- Very devoted religious people are so extroverted, but at the same time, they're so repressed sexually and so conservative. I've…
- Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own…
- Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if…
- If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people…
- I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it…
- Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to…
- I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always…
- When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of…
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