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“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

tags: culture, feminism, gender-equality, humanity, women

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“Is there anything more frightening than people?”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

tags: chernobyl, disasters, fear, people

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

tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, misogyny, opinions, speaking-out, stereotypes, women

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“A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
― Irina Dunn

tags: feminism, humour, misattributed-gloria-steinem

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“»Una cosa que pienso... Escuche. ¿Cuántos años duró la guerra? Cuatro años. Es mucho tiempo... No recuerdo ni pájaros, ni colores. Claro que estaban presentes, pero no los recuerdo. Sí... Es extraño, ¿verdad? ¿Acaso las películas sobre la guerra pueden ser de color? Allí todo es negro. Tan solo la sangre es de otro color, solo la sangre es roja...”
― Svetlana Alexievich, La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer

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