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And here at Cooper, where fluorescent lights buzzed like horseflies, she continued to feel like a person who counted. Though the small burn ward stank of fetid gauze, it was a fine place compared to the general wards, where many patients ...more
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Greg Mortenson
“Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.”
Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Phoebe Robinson
“What I’m saying is that the comedy world oozes machismo. The most glaring evidence of this is the fact that 90 percent of shows have a mostly male lineup, with one or two spots designated for women. And since this is the norm, audiences have been conditioned to instinctually enjoy listening to anything about the male experience and to be somewhat resistant or hesitant to listen to stuff from a female perspective. In a lot of ways, it’s almost as though anything outside the heteronormative male experience is deemed not worthy of discussion.”
Phoebe Robinson, You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Amy Reed
“How nice it would be to be that free, that unencumbered by the whims and weaknesses of other people.”
Amy Reed, The Nowhere Girls

Amy Reed
“Never in the history of the world has telling someone to calm down actually helped them calm down,” Erin says.”
Amy Reed, The Nowhere Girls

Rebecca West
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
Rebecca West

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