Megan

“Today, women in general are more likely to do housework than men—cooking and cleaning. But why is that? Is it because women are born with a cooking gene or because over years they have been socialized to see cooking as their role? I was going to say that perhaps women are born with a cooking gene until I remembered that the majority of famous cooks in the world—who are given the fancy title of “chef”—are men.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“Anything that isn’t traditional for women apparently requires that we remind people what an anomaly it is, even when it becomes less and less of an anomaly. I”
― Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir

“A certain kind of exhaustion sets in from having to constantly explain and justify one’s existence or participation in an artistic or creative realm. What a privilege it must be to never have to answer the question "How does it feel to be a woman playing music?" or "Why did you choose to be in an all-female band?" The people who get there early have to work the hardest.”
― Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

“to be a fan is to know that loving trumps being beloved.”
― Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir