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Saladin Ahmed Quotes

Total quotes: 8
“If you are paid to write you should not use the word misconduct when you mean rape that's just sloppy writing.”
— Saladin Ahmed
Tagged: Writing, Writing Tips, Writing Advice, Rape, Sexual Abuse
“If you set huge new goals for yourself tonight, that’s fantastic.

If you’re barely making it and just hope you can keep doing that in 2018: you’re not the only one.

If you barely made it through 2017 and are focused on survival rather than dramatic self improvement: you are not the only one.”
— Saladin Ahmed
Tagged: You Are Not Alone, New Year, New Beginnings, Self Care, Focus On Yourself, Self-Love
“teach your boys that they should be kind to other people and that hurting other people is bad.

they need to hear it from you explicitly.

don't just teach with words. SHOW your boys (yes, boys in particular) that you respect them helping more than you respect them dominating.”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: teaching boys, teaching right values to boys, Gender Equality, gender empowerment
“Any weapon we develop to kill ‘those people’ will always eventually be used to kill ‘our people.’ 

We need to think carefully not about whether these things should be legal but whether they should exist in the first place”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: weapons, Battles, development of weapons, creating weapons, world issues, societal problems
“A lot of us look like we are thriving but are just barely making it. Know that you are not alone in living with this.”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: world mental health day, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, empowering generations, Inspirational
“Smart writers understand that writers aren’t any smarter than anyone else.”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: Writers, smart writers, Writer's Truth
“there are a lot of bad stories out there doing real harm in the world

it’s up to us to tell better ones”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: Stories, Storytelling, Writing, Writer's Truth, Writers
“If we’re being honest - and I feel like this crosses race and class lines - male culture tries to make boys/men feel fucked up for NOT being harassers. That’s how warped this shit is.”
— Saladin Ahmed, via twitter.com
Tagged: male culture, Male, Men, Sexual Harassment, world issues, human rights issues
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