Tag: gender
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Don't Call Women "Girls"
“Shit like calling women girls pigeonholes grown women as all of the negative things society implies about very young women 24/7 – annoying, irrational, flighty, overly emotional.”
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How Girls Learn Emotional Reciprocity (and Why Boys Don't)
From that same Metafilter discussion: “Adolescent female friendships are LEGENDARILY difficult and drama-prone. And they are! Being an adolescent girl and navigating the emotional landscape of female friendship is hella hard! It’s not just media hype to sell Mean Girls narratives! But I think the narrative the media wants to attach to it is “girls […]
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Dating an Emotional Charlatan
From a Metafilter discussion about modern dating and emotional labor: “A few years ago, one of my friends began dating an accomplished lawyer who made good money. He was charming and generous. He 100% seemed like he had his shit together and could keep up with her. He cooked for her occasionally and his home […]
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On Slave Leia
“It’s upsetting for men to see their [male] heroes treated that way.”
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Diane Freeleng, Feminist Horror Movie Icon
“The diminutive psychic is the final element of the film’s feminist trilogy – the cool mom, smart doctor and tough-as-nails medium seem to make up the life cycle of childhood.”
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Bjork on Women, Music, Auteurs, and Authorship
“Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.”
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Ignoring The Shy Nerdy Girls
“We were told repeatedly, we ugly, shy nerdy girls, that we were not even worthy of the category ‘woman.'”
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Shonda Rhimes on the Glass Ceiling
“I picked my spot in the glass and called it my target. And I ran.”
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Let’s Ruin Video Games
“Guns that shoot kisses!”
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How to Raise Independent-Minded Daughters
“My father valued my brain, and let me see that he valued it.”