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I am interested in challenging the mainstream ideas of what is beautiful and what is acceptable.


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Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything.



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The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.



We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they're already guilty of something.

We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they're already guilty of something.



To choose to write is to reject silence.

To choose to write is to reject silence.



Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.



If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.



There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.

There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.



Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.

Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.



Privilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.

Privilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.



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Culture does not make people. People make culture.





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The hazards of the generalized prisoner's dilemma are removed by the match between the right and the good.



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Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.




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