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“Joan felt this no-talent woman patronized her. A lot of times women feel they have to have balls that bang in the basement, because Hollywood is a boys' club. The boys get paid more. The women are second-class citizens, now and forever.”
Sara Davidson • The Didion Files
Clinton’s loss, which I will mourn forever, might reiterate the importance of making space for the difficult woman. It might also point toward the way that valuing a woman for her difficulty can, in ways that are unexpectedly destructive, obscure her actual, particular self. Feminist discourse has yet to fully catch up to the truth that sexism is
... See moreJia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
anxiety focused on women,
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
pushed beyond Betty Friedan’s call for self-realization into a full-fledged assault on sexism
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
women who become famous for pushing social boundaries do the work of demonstrating how outdated these boundaries are. But what happens once it becomes common knowledge that these boundaries are outdated? We’ve come into a new era, in which feminism isn’t always the antidote to conventional wisdom; feminism is suddenly conventional wisdom in many
... See moreJia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Women matter. Women are half of us. When you raise every woman to believe that we are insignificant, that we are broken, that we are sick, that the only cure is starvation and restraint and smallness; when you pit women against one another, keep us shackled by shame and hunger, obsessing over our flaws rather than our power and potential; when you
... See moreLindy West • Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
As inúmeras teorias sobre as crises de alimentação das mulheres enfatizaram a psicologia individual em detrimento da conduta pública,
Naomi Wolf • O mito da beleza: Como as imagens de beleza são usadas contra as mulheres (Portuguese Edition)
Jan was an outspoken feminist who had, in fact, written numerous articles that critiqued traditional sex roles.
Michael J. Bader • Arousal
Os homens fortes lutam pelas mulheres belas, e as mulheres belas têm maior sucesso na reprodução.