Jenny Johnson Quotes

• I do think that our bodies are capable of many magical and inexplicable things that have nothing to do with reproduction. I have read that some birds may sing just for pleasure and not for any other Darwinian imperative. Birds singing because it feels good - that's the kind of biology that helps me understand this diverse world.

  Jenny Johnson

  Thinking, Feel Good, Bird

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• Writing for me is an ongoing practice of facing and countering fears. And so, in that sense, I have always been responding to phobias. I am often most surprised by the writing that comes from facing fears that strike closest to home, poems that explore internalized phobias about gender identity, sexuality, and the body, poems that struggle with a question like do I deserve love?

  Jenny Johnson

  Struggle, Home, Writing

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• A poem is a liminal space that can offer a sensation of belonging. A poem won't bring you a cold beer, but it may offer you a stool where you can sit down and feel momentarily at home. LGBT folks need intergenerational spaces where their lives and experiences are foregrounded.

  Jenny Johnson

  Home, Beer, Lgbt

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• On the key to a successful Twitter account: Write the things that you think are funny and that's what's gonna click with people.

  Jenny Johnson

  Writing, Successful, Thinking

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• I think normative or binary lenses for seeing bodies often crush or delegitimize other felt physical experiences of being and desiring. I've found that such inadequate ways of understanding bodies can be - but aren't always - based on biological perspectives.

  Jenny Johnson

  Crush, Thinking, Perspective

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