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"Quitting my job so I can focus on reading Le Comte de Monte-Cristo" — 3 hours, 54 min ago
“Black children in the United States exhibit a different pattern. They are much more likely to report high self-esteem and have the smallest gender gap. By twelfth grade, African American students are the only subgroup in which girls have higher self-esteem than boys do. The difference extends to adulthood, where fewer than 50 percent of white women strongly agree with the statement, 'I see myself as someone who has high self-esteem,' compared with 66 percent of black women.
What matters appears to be parental support for a girl's staying true, first and foremost, to herself, and community honesty about discrimination and building resilience to that discrimination.”
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
What matters appears to be parental support for a girl's staying true, first and foremost, to herself, and community honesty about discrimination and building resilience to that discrimination.”
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“We are called Sad Asian Girls, Hot-tempered Latinas, Crazy White Women, and Angry Black Women. It goes without saying that “angry women” are “ugly women,” the cardinal sin in a world where women’s worth, safety, and glory are reliant on their sexual and reproductive value to men around them.”
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“Every woman has a rape story, whether she has been sexually assaulted or not.”
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“Women who are actively aware of discrimination and develop a comfort level in speaking about it openly are the most likely to challenge aggressions in their daily lives and report higher levels of "closure" and satisfaction than those who don't.”
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
― Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“How much strength does it take to hurt a little girl? How much strength does it take for the girl to get over it? Which one of them do you think is stronger?”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
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