This tension-the idea that there is a right way to be a woman, a right way to be the most essential woman- is ongoing and pervasive.
They wanted to break me. It was not personal. I was not broken. This
The ladies in her classes loved to speak to Caridad in broken Spanish, to show her they were comfortable with her ethnicity despite the paleness of their skin and the wealth of their husbands.
Ten minutes before my first class, I run to the bathroom and vomit. I’m afraid of public speaking, which makes teaching complicated.
Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read.
Qui se ressemble s'assemble [you are whom you surround yourself with]
Nemeses aren’t born. They are made.
Maybe I’m a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institutional sexism that consistently places women at a di...
Marcy never knew what to say during these moments, but she smiled politely because she understood these people and how they existed only in relation to those around them.
I appreciate that at least some of who I am rises out of the worst day of my life and I don't want to change who I am.
He was the first man who did not see through her.
He was so kind to me and never wanted anything from me but friendship. That was something of a revelation to me, that a young man could be kind.
Why I mark my body like this, about what it means to have at least some measure of control over my skin. Here, in the middle of my life, I would do things differently if I had to d
Also enjoyed that the orthopedic surgeon was incredibly attractive, knew it, and had the swagger of a man who is very good at what he does and very well compensated for that work. That was Saturday.
Writing this book is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. To lay myself so vulnerable has not been an easy thing. To face myself and what living in my body has been like has not been an easy thing...
When you succeed early at an endeavor, you convince yourself you will easily replicate that success. Ask child actors.
When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.
When you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
When women respond negatively to misogynistic or rape humor, they are sensitive and branded as feminist, a word that has, as of late, become a catchall term for woman who
We’ve seen what the hoarding of privilege has done, and the results are shameful.