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“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”
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“It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.”
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“If your husband is cheating on you, it doesn't mean that you need to get prettier -- it means he's a scumbag.”
― Full Frontal Feminism
― Full Frontal Feminism
“The African specialist Nahid Toubia puts it plain [when speaking of female genital mutilation]: In a man it would range from amoutation of most of the penis, to "removal of all the penis, its roots of soft tissue and part of the scrotal skin.”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager to please (remember those ethics of passivity!). She's never a woman of color. SHe's never a low-income girl or a fat girl. She's never disabled. "Virgin" is a designation for those who meet a certain standard of what women, especially young women, are supposed to look like. As for how these young women are supposed to act? A blank slate is best.”
― The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
― The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Moupriya’s 2024 Year in Books
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