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The effects of sleep deprivation, Charles found, are especially terrible for children. Adults usually respond by becoming drowsy, but kids usually respond by becoming hyperactive.
“So long as you don’t tell people you don’t know something, they’ll probably think you know it.”
― Authority
― Authority
“It's not up to you to help other people fit you into a box." she says.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“A woman will apply to an open job listing if and only if she thinks she meets all—that is, 100 freaking percent—of the requirements listed for that job. But a man? He’ll apply for that job when he meets just 60 percent.2 Perhaps it’s the product of what one study dubbed “honest overconfidence”—in which men rate their performance as better than it actually is, while women tend to judge theirs as worse.3 Who’s actually more qualified for the job? That’s a great question. But it’s safe to assume most hiring managers will never find out—because you haven’t sent them your résumé.”
― Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace
― Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace
“The real reality is something we create every moment of every day, that realities spin off from our decisions in every second we’re alive.”
― Borne
― Borne
“and kisses are a better fate than wisdom —e. e. cummings, “since feeling is first”
― Pretties
― Pretties
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Book club based in Portland, OR of women in their 20s/30s/40s. We read many genres either written by a female author or about women. We meet on the fi ...more
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