Brittany

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Brittany’s Bookshelves

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Brittany’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.

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Brittany’s Quotes

“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

(Keynote speech at Celebrating Inspiration luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, 2006)”
― Madeleine Albright

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Our Shared Shelf — 223284 members — last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
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HOMESONG Book Club — 316 members — last activity May 02, 2019 01:10PM
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Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 170537 members — last activity 2 hours, 38 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more