Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Bio: Vanessa Veselka is an American writer best known for her 2012 PEN / Robert W. Bingham prize prize-winning debut novel Zazen. Her nonfiction has appeared in Salon, The Atlantic, GQ, Maximum Rock'n'Roll, Bitch Magazine, and The American Reader.