Carrie

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Carrie’s Quotes

“If you think there’s a thing—anything—women didn’t do in the past, you’re wrong.”
― Kameron Hurley, The Geek Feminist Revolution

tags: history, women

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“I am what I am. To look for reasons is beside the point.”
― Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

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“Because even subversive sarcasm adds a cool-girl nonchalance, an updated, sharper version of the expectation that women be forever pleasant, even as we're eating shit.”
― Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir

tags: feminism

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“Reality TV does actually have a message, folks. That message is selling and reinforcing capitalism, ignorance, and the status quo.”
― Kameron Hurley, The Geek Feminist Revolution

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“A high school teacher once told me that identity is half what we tell ourselves and half what we tell other people about ourselves. But the missing piece he didn’t mention—the piece that holds so much weight, especially in the minds of young women and girls—is the stories that other people tell us about ourselves. Those narratives become the ones we shape ourselves into. They’re who we are, even if so much of it is a performance. This”
― Jessica Valenti, Sex Object

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Carrie’s Groups

The Book Challenge — 1225 members — last activity May 18, 2026 07:24AM
What is The Book Challenge? The Book Challenge is a place where everyone can join in and share their yearly book reading goals. Do I have to read a ...more

Books2Movies Club — 2499 members — last activity May 01, 2023 11:36AM
Have you read the book, seen the movie, neither – but you are eager to read and see both? Then this is absolutely perfect group for you! We like to se ...more

One Million Pages Per Lifetime — 478 members — last activity May 02, 2026 07:21PM
On the book site Shelfari, there is a person whose life goal is to read 1,000,000 (million) pages! We thought that it would be fun to have this goal h ...more

!The Young Adult Book Club! — 1144 members — last activity Mar 10, 2022 07:25AM
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss Welcome Home :D ...more

SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 42683 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

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