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“we teach girls that a large component of their ability to love is their ability to sacrifice their selves. We do not teach this to boys.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele; or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“Calling pronouns like ze and hir “new pronouns” or “neopronouns” is misleading too, because these words are relatively old. They may be enjoying a renaissance today, but ze appears in 1864, introduced by someone known only by the initials J. W. L., and hir first popped up a century ago, invented, or at least introduced to readers in California, by the editor of the Sacramento Bee on August 14, 1920.”
― Dennis Baron, What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She

“Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give your child.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive. It is misogynistic to suggest that they are.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions