Michaela

“Every woman knows what I'm talking about. It's the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field; that keeps women from speaking up and from being heard when they dare; that crushes young women into silence by indicating, the way harassment on the street does, that this is not their world. It trains us in self-doubt and self-limitation just as it exercises men's unsupported confidence.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

“Your daughter, your sister. She is salt to the sea,”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“They remember, and men know it, and if you can’t rape a woman, if you can’t kill her, slap her, shout over her every word, then you have to face her, and you have to face the things you’ve done.”
― Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

“Like racism, misogyny can never be adequately addressed by its victims alone.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me