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“I'm not defending their views. I'm defending their right to have their views. There's a difference.”
― Mohja Kahf, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf

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“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”
― Adrienne Rich

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“All women speak two languages:
 the language of men
 and the language of silent suffering. 
Some women speak a third,
 the language of queens.”
― Mohja Kahf, E-mails from Scheherazad

tags: feminism, women

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“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

tags: feminism, mothers, patriarchy, philosophy, psychology, radical-feminism

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