Daisy

“But wouldn't [the Spice Girls] have shown a little bit more solidarity if they had at least called themselves feminists? The feminist activist Jennifer Pozner was more dismissive,writing that it was "probably a fair assumption to say that 'zigazig-ha' is not Spice shorthand for 'subvert the dominant paradigm.”
― Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music

“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates

“What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no pressure to perform or be cute, and books never disappoint-- unless, of course, you've chosen a bad one. But then, you can always put it down and pick up another one without any repercussions.”
― Lisa Yee, Millicent Min, Girl Genius

“personally tend to look to my future self when I’m worried and ask her whether she’ll care about this particular thing. The answer is usually that she absolutely won’t,”
― Linnea Dunne, Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living