“The narrative for girls is that you just hang around and wait to be "chosen" and then you belong to somebody and you live happily ever after. There isn't room for more nuanced concerns about the creepy proprietary nature of that relationship model, or the breadth of what fulfillment really means for women.” MeanGirlWaitingRoomsModelsConcernChosenNarrativeFulfillmentReally MeanCreepyHappily Ever AfterEver AfterBreadth Author:Lindy West
“In my freshman year of college, when a male professor asked the class, "Who here identifies as a feminist?" Only one girl raised her hand, and the rest of us just sat there. He basically just shamed us for the rest of the class - in a constructive way. He went around the room and said to each girl, "Why didn't you raise your hand? Feminism means men and women deserve the same rights, and that the balance in the world is currently tilted in men's favour.” MenWorldMeanGirlFeminismCollegeBalanceMen And WomenDeserveFeministSatFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Lindy West
“Ashley Graham on the cover certainly better than nothing. It would have felt revolutionary to me as a teenage girl, for sure. But really, all they've done is include a very conventionally attractive woman who is two to three sizes bigger than the model they would usually use.” DoneGirlRevolutionaryAttractiveTeenageTeenage Girl Author:Lindy West
