Viv JM

“Women who do not ask for permission are powerful.”
― Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

“Central to paternalism is the notion of the status quo: that its form of government is the only viable option. Through history, the concept of the feminine has been linked by the patriarchy to sedition, protest, any form of questioning this status quo.”
― Nick Hayes, The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us

“So if this is you, too; if somewhere along the way you lost the part of yourself that felt you could do anything, be anything; if there is a part of you that doesn’t feel strong or doesn’t know how to begin, that doesn’t feel you look the way you ‘should’ or feels ashamed in your own body, I am here to tell you whatever you have believed in the past does not have to determine your story.”
― Poorna Bell, Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength

“She asked why it happens? Keeps happening? What exact regime teaches males to take what isn’t given? What riles them?”
― Inua Ellams, The Half-God of Rainfall: A Powerful Epic Poem of Yoruba Deities and Greek Mythology Across the Ages