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141 " black cinema will not end the demonization of young black men, but a movie like Fruitvale Station offers us a necessary insight into the consequences. When "
― Roxane Gay , Bad Feminist
142 " [W]omen, more often than not, are the recipient of God's intentions and must also bear the burdens of these intentions. "
143 " There are injustices great and small, and even if we can only fight the small ones, at least we are fighting. Too "
144 " We expect role models to model the behaviors we are perfectly capable of modeling ourselves. "
145 " The problem is that I see people on BET who look like me, but that’s where the similarities end. "
146 " 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 "
147 " Qui tacet consentire videtur is Latin for “Silence gives consent. "
148 " For every step forward, there is some asshole shoving progress back. Despite "
149 " I am sorry our culture has treated women so poorly for so long that suffering abuse to receive celebrity attention seems like a fair and reasonable trade. We have failed you, utterly. We "
150 " We fail you every single time a (famous) man treats a woman badly, without legal, professional, or personal consequence. Over "
151 " also understood that I wasn’t being intentionally mean. I was being honest (admittedly, without tact), and I was being human. It is either a blessing or a curse that those are rarely likable qualities in a woman. Inevitably "
152 " We’ve had to fight to vote, to work outside the home, to work in environments free of sexual harassment, to attend the universities of our choice, and we’ve also had to prove ourselves over and over to receive any modicum of consideration. "
153 " Sherman Alexie wrote, “There are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books—especially the dark and dangerous ones—will save them.” I "
154 " I learned a long time ago that life introduces young people to situations they are in no way prepared for, even good girls, lucky girls who want for nothing. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you become the girl in the woods. You lose your name because another one is forced on you. "
155 " Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds. Perhaps "
156 " Movies, more often than not, tell the stories of men as if men’s stories are the only stories that matter. When women are involved, they are sidekicks, the romantic interests, the afterthoughts. Rarely do women get to be the center of attention. Rarely do our stories get to matter. How "
157 " Disagreement, however, is not anger. Pointing out the many ways in which misogyny persists and harms women is not anger. Conceding the idea that anger is an inappropriate reaction to the injustice women face backs women into an unfair position. "
158 " life often presents unendurable circumstances people manage to survive. Only the details differ. "
159 " Women do not have short memories. We cannot afford that luxury as our choices dwindle. Politicians "
160 " I struggle to accept that my body is a legislative matter. "