“The classic trap for any revolutionary is always, “What's your alternative?” But even if you could provide the interrogator with a blueprint, this does not mean he would use it: in most cases he is not sincere in wanting to know. In fact this is a common offensive, a technique to reflect revolutionary anger and turn it against itself. Moreover, the oppressed have no job to convince all people. All they need know is that the present system is destroying them.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsMeanDoeFactsUseJobsTurnsCommonCasesTechniqueAlternativesRevolutionaryClassicConvinceSincereDestroyingTrapsOffensiveOppressedBlueprints Author:Shulamith Firestone
“In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.” RealDreamActionGirlWomenMy OwnCasesMovementPleaseTrainSmileFeministNervousLiberationAbandonDeclarationTeenagePhonyI SmileGrinningTeenage GirlBoycottTicsFake SmileGenuine Smiles Book:The dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolution Source: The dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolution
