I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else.
I knew what I wanted to run to. But it didn’t exist, so I didn’t leave.
I just want to be regular.
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all my femaleness. Because I deserve to be.
I didn't know I was even supposed to HAVE issues until I came to America
How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives that we have imagined.
Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering.
He used to make me feel that nothing I said was witty enough or sarcastic enough or smart enough. He was always struggling to be different, even when it didn’t matter. It was as if he was performing h...
He told you that the company he worked for had offered him a few thousand more than the average salary plus stock options because they were desperately trying to look diverse.
He spent too much time mourning what could have been and questioning what should be.
Han upptäckte att sorg inte mattas med tiden utan istället var ett labilt sinnestillstånd.
For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem acknowledge that. Some
Ferdinand had a steely, amoral face; if one examined his hands, the blood of his enemies might be found crusted under his fingernails.
Everybody is hungry in this country, even the rich men are hungry, but nobody is honest.
Ensine Chizalum a questionar os homens que só conseguem sentir empatia pelas mulheres dentro de uma rede de relações, e não como indivíduos humanos iguais. Homens que, discutindo o estupro, sempre dir...
En ocasiones [...] se da por hecho que las mujeres se suponen moralmente «mejores» que los hombres. No lo son. Las mujeres son igual de humanas que los hombres.
Does she have a domestic side? Questions we do not ask of powerful men, which shows that our discomfort is not with power itself, but with women. We judge powerful women more harshly than we judge pow...
Do you usually decide what answers you will believe before you do an interview?
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. I
But she had not had a bold epiphany and there was no cause; it was simply that layer after layer of discontent had settled in her, and formed a mass that now propelled her. She did not tell him this,...