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“What goes unsaid is that women might be more ambitious and focused because we’ve never had a choice. We’ve had to fight to vote, to work outside the home, to work in environments free of sexual harassment, to attend the universities of our choice, and we’ve also had to prove ourselves over and over to receive any modicum of consideration.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

“A case study of non-toxic masculinity: Geralt of Rivia On the surface, Geralt meets all the criteria for being a traditional, male protagonist. He is physically powerful, a talented swordsman, self-sufficient, knowledgeable, sexually desirable, and frequently in a leadership role. Geralt exhibits exemplary masculinity. However, key elements of patriarchal masculinity – those that cause demonstrable harm to oneself, others, or society – are notably absent from his presentation.”
― Rachel Kowert, The Psychgiest of Pop Culture: The Witcher

“While it could be argued that American Gothic today (such as the Batman franchise; see Figure 10) is primarily a response to the political indifference”
― Nick Groom, The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction

“Consumer society could only be described in ghostly terms—”
― Nick Groom, The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction