“Authenticity, at least in some circumstances, an entitlement afforded to some groups and not others,”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Women, endlessly told to smile but also tasked with making other people smile, are held accountable not only for the expression of their own feelings but also for the feelings of others.”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Family has never been outside of power. I mean what's a dowry? families were arranged because they're meetings of power.”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“But to me this moment in history, rather than being a moment for debating what is inherently masculine versus inherently feminine, is an incredible opportunity to reexamine our value system and the evidence behind it.”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Power is insidious when it masks itself as generosity. And generosity is insidious when it’s a camouflage for control. And both power and generosity are confusing when they gaslight you into believing they could be love.”
― Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
― Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
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