“There is something powerful about whispering obscenities, about those in power. There’s something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It’s like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with. In the paint of the washroom cubicle someone had scratched: Aunt Lydia sucks. (Fill in your own… It was like a flag waved from a hilltop in rebellion. The mere idea of Aunt Lydia doing such a thing was in itself heartening.” – Offred, Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
Who in power would you like to deflate by whispering obscenities about them?
Something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling...
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