“Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“Isn’t a smile a girl’s best weapon?”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Perhaps, then, unlikable characters, the ones who are the most human, are also the ones who are the most alive. Perhaps this intimacy makes us uncomfortable because we don't dare be so alive.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“Just because you survive something does not mean you are strong.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
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