History of Feminism
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(110,159 posts)MadrasT
(7,237 posts)(Although if you are "polite" you can spew all the anti-woman rhetoric you want, apparently.)
boston bean
(36,219 posts)be rude in the face of it, get a hide.
give them little rude women a spanking... LOL
redqueen
(115,103 posts)A source of inspiration is putting it so very lightly.
Some favorite quotes:
Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But heres the thing
the reason why I rant is because I am a voice for many women that cannot speak out to heads of state, UN officials, and those that influence systems of oppression. And so I rant. And I will not stop ranting until my mission of equality of all girls is achieved.
You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.
Trigger warning for these next ones...
When you move so quickly from innocence to a world of fear, pain and loss, it's as if the flesh of your heart and mind gets cut away, piece by piece, like slices taken off a ham. Finally, there is nothing left but bone.
The person who hurt you--who raped you or killed your family--is also here. If you are still angry at that person, if you haven't been able to forgive, you are chained to him. Everyone could feel the emotional truth of that: When someone offends you and you haven't let go, every time you see him, you grow breathless or your heart skips a beat. If the trauma was really severe, you dream of revenge. Above you, is the Mountain of Peace and Prosperity where we all want to go. But when you try to climb that hill, the person you haven't forgiven weighs you down. It's a personal choice whether or not to let go. No one can tell you how long to mourn a death or rage over a rape. But you can't move forward until you break that chain.