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The Hunger of Women

by Marosia Castaldi

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The Unwomanly Face of War

by Svetlana Alexievich

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Iris L’s Notes & Highlights

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

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You think you’re doing the right thing by wearing this hijab, but that’s not what Americans will see when they look at you. They won’t see your modesty or your goodness. All they’ll see is an outcast, someone who doesn’t belong.”

Penance

by Eliza Clark

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Her Body and Other Parties

by Carmen Maria Machado

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Iris L’s Quotes

“The refrigerator was one of the main things my mother prayed to. She said that a cold beer could make you love a refrigerator.”
― Jennifer Clement, Prayers for the Stolen

tags: beer, prayer, refrigerator

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“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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“Me encantaba la capacidad de Isora para decir que no a la gente. Ella no tenía miedo de que la dejasen de querer.”
― Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

tags: appreciation, joy-of-life

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“I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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