The cultural climate is shifting, particularly for women as we contend with the retrenchment of reproductive freedom, the persistence of rape culture, and the flawed if not damaging representations of women we’re consuming in music, movies,
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“But serial killers aren’t scary because they’re male; they’re scary because they destroy order.”
― Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
― Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
“Most of us have these versions of ourselves that terrify us. We have these imperfect bodies we don’t quite know how to cope with. We have these shames we keep to ourselves because to show ourselves as we are, no more and no less, would be too much.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“I am angry that the fashion industry is completely unwilling to design for a more diverse range of human bodies.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“Because this ever-growing geriatric army reminds us of our own mortality, we push them into the shadows.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“It happens sometimes in families: one child who doesn’t fit, whose rhythm is off, whose meter is set to the wrong tune.”
― Educated
― Educated
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