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There’s something about the smells of your childhood, isn’t there? Even when that childhood was short and flavored by bitterness and ended in catastrophe, in a disaster of devastating proportions, you still remember those small, sublime
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“power is not a frame of mind but a material condition. People sitting in positions of authority are powerful not because they feel empowered but because they have power.”
― This Is What Inequality Looks Like
― This Is What Inequality Looks Like
“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― The Camel Club
― The Camel Club
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“They allow us to feel like we belong to the groups we care about, that we are rooted in, and that we need respect, acceptance and love from. As the title of (Allison) Pugh’s book suggests – we long for things because we long to belong.”
― This Is What Inequality Looks Like
― This Is What Inequality Looks Like
“I can see why Passion and Purpose are so attracted to each other. She’s fascinated by his energy and intensity, and he admires her sense of focus, how she can always find her way without making a fuss. She calms and steadies him, he makes her feel alive.”
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Feminist Future
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— last activity Oct 30, 2023 10:14PM
I've found that sadly, on many groups here, feminism is considered a dirty word. They censor and they close down a gal's opinions. Well not here. Th ...more
Read Women
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A group for readers of all genders who wish to broaden their reading horizons by reading more books by women authors. And more women authors that perh ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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— last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Books & Boba
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This is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical ...more
The F-word
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— last activity Apr 15, 2025 09:52PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more
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