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“What turns me on is erotica; what turns you on is pornographic.”

Quote by Ellen Willis

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Ellen Willis was an accomplished American cultural critic and essayist, renowned for her insightful perspectives on popular music, film, and gender issues. Her writing career spanned over four decades, influencing countless readers. more

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“If believers feel that their faith is trivialized and their true selves compromised by a society that will not give religious imperatives special weight, their problem is not that secularists are antidemocratic but that democracy is antiabsolutist.”

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“When the enemy has no face, society will invent one.”

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“Sisterhood is powerful. It kills. Mostly sisters.”

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“There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth, and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.”

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“Women must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves”

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“You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.”

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