“You may need to witness several false dawns fully to understand that all women are, in patriarchal terms, the losers. That is our role; it is baked into patriarchal understandings of history, progress, success, failure, creativity, genius, what really matters, what doesn’t. Insisting yours is the cohort of women who will finally smash the patriarchy, whereas the one that preceded it represents its last stand, is itself patriarchal.” WomenFeminismFeministWomanPatriarchyFeminist QuotesLosers Book:Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women Source: Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
“Are women complete human beings, with our own socialised and embodied experiences, our stories forever changing as we move through time? Or are we a cobbled together, pick-and-mix range of woman-y offerings, most of which fall into decay as we age? Is a woman really a woman when there’s nothing more for men to take from or project onto her? When she might, in fact, seem to be on the verge of living for herself?” WomenFeminismMisogynyAgeismHags Book:Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women Source: Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women