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“I may not have a baby. But I do have a life.”

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Ghosts is a compilation of eerie tales that delve into the realm of the supernatural, examining the phenomenon of spirits and the unexplained occurrences that transcend the boundaries of the living world. more

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“In the complexity of its structure, its kaleidoscope of perspectives, its confrontation with the effects of the First World War, its attentiveness to experience at all life stages and it embrace of linguistic, formal and philosophical 'difficulty', The Weatherhouse is arguably the great Scottish modernist feminist novel of the period.”

Feminism Modernism First World War Life Stages Scottish Literature Nan Shepherd The Weatherhouse

Book:The International Companion to the Scottish Novel

Source: The International Companion to the Scottish Novel

“Girlhood was as ephemeral as a drop of water on a lily pad. Soon I'd have to leave all that I loved- parents, sister, palace, garden, the healing house- to take my place in another family, which I must then call mine.”

Feminism Girlhood

Book:The Forest of Enchantments

Source: The Forest of Enchantments

“Las jóvenes no están seguras de si van a ser capaces de vivir y de amar en unas condiciones justas”

Love Feminism

Book:Crítica del pensamiento amoroso: Temas contemporáneos

Source: Crítica del pensamiento amoroso: Temas contemporáneos

“This particular convergence of time, place, and culture created the overarching narrative into which I was born, a narrative I’ve been rewriting ever since. “Geography is fate,” wrote Heraclitus. That was true of me.”

Feminism

Book:Writing Creativity and Soul

Source: Writing Creativity and Soul

“Soy el retoño estéril de una raza de la que no sé nada, ni siquiera si ha desaparecido”

Fiction Fantasy Feminism Science Fiction Literary Fiction Dystopia Adult Classics Book Club Audiobook

Book:I Who Have Never Known Men

Source: I Who Have Never Known Men

“A Lady's Guide to Beauty and Etiquette was starting to feel less like her saving grace and more like a nuisance. A grim reminder that because she couldn't master the rules - because they exhausted her so - she would never be good enough, or perfect enough, or deserving enough. It was silly, she thought, for a book to make her feel such loathing for herself. She was better than that, more than that.”

Feminism Expectations Self Loathing Lady Societal Norms

Book:Belladonna

Source: Belladonna

“Happiness is having the freedom to do what you love.”

Love Happiness Freedom

Author:A.G. Stranger

“Wow,' I say, all sweet. It's a woman thing: the more scared you get, the nicer you have to be.”

Women Feminism Woman Womanhood Patriarchy

Book:Tilt

Source: Tilt

“Oh, natürlich", rief Emma, "einem Mann ist es immer unverständlich, daß eine Frau einen Heiratsantrag ablehnt. Ein Mann bildet sich immer ein, daß eine Frau den ersten besten nimmt, der sie fragt.”

Feminism Gender Equality Regency Era Male Privilege Male Gaze

Book:Emma

Source: Emma

“When did I internalize the idea of what it meant to be a "woman"? Was I five years old? Six? What limitations and tiny boxes have I been squeezing myself into to fit that definition since then? Who would I be if I let myself expand beyond all of that?”

Feminism Identity Gender Woman

Book:Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power

Source: Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power

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