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demmiblue

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Thu May 28, 2015, 11:00 AM May 2015

This California teen’s feminist yearbook quote is basically the best thing on the Internet today

Source: Raw Story



A California teen managed to make a statement on three political issues in one witty high school yearbook quote.

Caitlyn Cannon, who recently graduated from Oak Hills High School, became a social media star after reshaping a quote she found on Tumblr to advocate for LGBT, gender, and wage equality.

“I need feminism because I intend on marrying rich and I can’t do that if my wife and I are making .75 cent for every dollar a man makes,” Cannon said in her senior quote.

A good friend shared a photo of Caitlyn and her quote on Twitter, and the image was shared nearly 6,000 times.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/this-california-teens-feminist-yearbook-quote-is-basically-the-best-thing-on-the-internet-today/

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