“Why is female vulnerability still only acceptable when it's neuroticised and personal; when it feeds back on itself? Why do people still not get it when we handle vulnerability like philosophy, at some remove?” PhilosophyWomenFeminismVulnerabilityNeurosisFemale Vulnerability Book:I Love Dick Source: I Love Dick
“Is there a way," she wrote in closing, "to dignify sex, make it as complicated as we are, to make it not grotesque?” SexFeminismDignitySexuality Book:I Love Dick Source: I Love Dick
“Female monsters take things as personally as they really are. They study facts. Even if rejection makes them feel like the girl who's not invited to the party, they have to understand the reasons why. ... Every question, once it's formulated, is a paradigm, contains its own internal truth. We have to stop diverting ourselves with false questions. And I told Warren: I aim to be a female monster too.” WomenFeminismFemaleAnalysisRejectionQuestioningQuestionsParadigmAnalytical Minds Book:I Love Dick Source: I Love Dick
“Cause shame was what we always felt, me and all my girlfriends, for expecting sex to breed complicity. ("Complicity is like a girl's name," writes Dodie Bellamy).” SexFeminismShameComplicitySexual RelationshipDodie BellamySexual Shame Book:I Love Dick Source: I Love Dick
