Womens Issues Quotes

“Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being penalized for doing so. In part this is the same old shit it’s always been ... I’ve said before that men who write mostly about men win prizes for revealing the human condition, while women who write about both men and women are filed away as writing “womens’ issues.” Likewise, in fantasy, the imprimatur of a dude somehow makes stuff like romance, relationship drama, introspection, and adorable animal companions magically not girly after all.

In a sense, we male fantasists are allowed to be like money launderers for girl cooties."

[Game of Thrones and Invisible Cootie Vectors (blog post, March 30, 2014)]”
― Scott Lynch

“When you devote your life to ‘finding yourself,’ you probably won’t.”
― Laura Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“How I hate this silk dress
that conceals a poet.

Written in the mid 9th century by a brave woman poet. Even then, even now, what is seen externally does not always define our journey.”
― Yu Hsuan-Chi

“The technology exists for a male contraceptive pill. We have the drugs to switch off testosterone and prevent sperm production. These drugs have never gone to market because developers know that men would never take something like that. Men would never agree to switch off their hormones. They would never put up with the side effects such as depression and low libido. And, honestly, why should they put up with it? Why should women?”
― Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods