Becky

“No longer will we (women) agree to protect the hearth at the price of extinguishing the fire within ourselves.”
― Celia Gilbert

“Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do.
Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

“The truth is that the new conception of raunch culture as a path to liberation rather than oppression is a convenient (and lucrative) fantasy with nothing to back it up.

Or, as Susan Brownmiller put it when I asked her what she made of all this, “You think you’re being brave, you think you’re being sexy, you think you’re transcending feminism. But that’s bullshit.”
― Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
― Bette Davis