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it became clear, quickly, that a lot of the problems feminists continue to take on are rooted in a deep hostility toward and suspicion of unfettered female pleasure, happiness, and independence.
Jill Filipovic • The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
When women got into positions of power, they calibrated and recalibrated tenderness and strength, modulating and correcting. Power and love didn’t often live side by side.
Meg Wolitzer • The Female Persuasion
Agreement that women—including mothers—can and should take a larger role in politics and the workplace continued to grow throughout the 1980s and beyond (see
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
For women, authenticity lies in difficulty: this feminist assumption has become dominant logic while still passing as rare.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
To be sure, we’re seeing the erosion of the ideal of an employee whose family responsibilities are kept tastefully out of sight.
Joan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
Sisterhood Is Powerful,