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Rest is a privilege afforded by wealth.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

Wealth can be defined as the abundant access to the resources necessary for survival.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

I grew up hearing I wasn't good enough. To this day I carry those words in my psyche, but I no longer allow them to limit me. I know they are not true, and that knowledge robs them off their power.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

Playing Christmas music in public spaces is a nonconsensual and coercive act of forced participation in Christianity.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

Dream big. Aim for the furthest star and everything you achieve will be more than what you'd ever achieve aiming for something on this side of the horizon.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

The secret to staying young is to not have friends your own age.

When your friends are so much younger than you, they bring a whole new worldview to you. But you can't just be friends with them you must listen to them. You must appreciate what they have to offer and if you cannot do that then you cannot be their friend.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

There is no reason people whose identities fall within of the many sexual, romantic, and gender minorities can't coexist in society with straight and cisgender people. The justifications for exclusion are polemic pretenses masquerading as reasonableness that rise from hate and intolerance.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

Labels aren't the problem. Bigotry, hate, ignorance, intolerance are. Blaming the labels only serves to obscure the real reasons for division. No one should have labeled assigned or forced upon them. But choosing our labels, having common language for shared experience, finding community, and demanding that we be respected for who we are is not a bad thing.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

I am not a thought leader because I am special. I'm a thought leader because I must be, because we need a thought leader.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

My traumas and my tragedies didn't make me strong. They didn't make me resilient. They didn't build my character. I was already strong. I was already resilient. I was already a person of character. I resent the implication that I'm a better person for having suffered. I am not.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

I spent 40 years shaping myself to fit into other people's lives and you wonder why I'm not chasing after you when you've asked me to once again shave down who I am to fit your life?

No, I'm done.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

Alright. Here's the fucking deal. I don't give a fuck what you believe. Unless you fucking believe you have the right to force me to live in accordance with your beliefs. Fuck that. No. Fuck no. My life is mine and you need to keep your fucking beliefs out of it.
Jessica
Jaymes
Purdy

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