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Our identities are too often defined by our relationships to other people—wife, mother, daughter—and prominent politicians defend women’s rights by describing us relationally to men.
Jill Filipovic • The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)
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The death of the public intellectual
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(It’s arguable that we could understand the institution of celebrity itself as similarly suspicious: despite the prevailing liberalism of Hollywood, the values of celebrity—visibility, performance, aspiration, extreme physical beauty—promote an approach to womanhood that relies on individual exceptionalism in an inherently conservative way.)
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“ I have watched beauty trends shift dramatically over the past decade, from the ultra-thin models of the early 2000s to the Instagram-influenced emphasis on curves and cosmetic enhancement. These changes do not happen in a vacuum. They reflect broader social conversations about feminism, body positivity, racial representation, and economic
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