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“Feminism was good for me, as were any number of causes, but as I developed as a thinking person, the truisms and dogmas of every ideology became as worn as that book's cover.”
“The real desire [of feminism] is to break away from rationalism, androcentrisim and all forms of philosophy and practices that discriminate against women. The objective is to recover the use of sen...”
“I have trouble respecting a woman who gives away for free what she could sell for good money. Whores are the only women who know their own worth. I mean that.”
“Some psychological thinkers, including Freud and Bettelheim, have interpreted episodes such as those found in the Bluebeard tale as psychological punishments for womens sexual curiosity.4 Early in ...”
“Be a witch they cannot burn.”
“It's not that the authors are unskilled, but we must frequently venture outside our areas of original training. Either the work lies outside anybody's area of original training, or orthodox critici...”
“I had planned to consult with a Black colleague, but when I approached her in the hall she had a crowd of students about, all of them talking, a stack of books in one arm, a mass of student papers ...”
“To her, not packing our lunches every day or joining the PTA is a feminist rallying cry.”
“All of her mannerisms, even her way of sitting, are of a perfect femininity. Or: how to occupy the least possible amount of space in the world.”
“These transient tastes of the wild come during the mystique of inspirationah, there it is; oh, now it has gone. The longing for her comes when one happens across someone who has secured this wildis...”
“I want characters to do bad things and get away with their misdeeds. I want characters to think ugly thoughts and make ugly decisions. I want characters to make mistakes and put themselves first wi...”
“There are advantages to being labeled the victim. You are listened to, paid attention to. Sympathy is bestowed upon you.”
“Woman is soulless and possesses neither ego nor individuality, personality nor freedom, character nor will.”
“You're the cleverest witch I've ever met Hermione.”
“You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul - you are disappointed.”
“To her credit, though, Trace didn't lose her famous temper, not at that moment. At eighteen she was already expert at the older woman's art of fermenting rage, conserving it, for later use.”
“TRINA:I'm tired of all the happy men who rule the world.Their smile, their smile's their pedigree. They smile, but not for me.I'd like the chance to hideIn their world.I'm happy, but I'm not at eas...”
“Perhaps rage was an inextricable part of lesbian-feminism, because once these women analyzed the female's position in society they realized they had much to be furious about.”
“I can be badass and still like pedicures." - Liz Harper, Secret Need”
“I spoke on a panel once with a famous new age author/guru in leather pants and she said that the problem with women is that we don't "speak from our power," but from a place of victimization. As if...”
