Olivia
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When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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“She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
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