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“Perhaps women were once so dangerous they had to have their feet bound.”

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Maxine Hong Kingston is an influential American author known for her pioneering work in the genre of creative non-fiction. Born on October 27, 1940, she has made significant contributions to American literature with her distinctive narrative style and exploration of cultural identity. Her most notable works include 'The Woman Warrior' and 'China Men', which have been pivotal in shaping the narrative of Asian American identity. more

“Larsson was an active and lifelong feminist, partly for personal reasons but also because he saw that ending gender slavery was as crucial to next-stage evolution as ending race slavery was to the last stage. It's a noble fight, not least because the various fundamentalisms threatening Western democracy are united in their urgent need to re-cage women's sexuality.”

Feminism Slavery Islam Fundamentalism Millenium Trilogy Steig Larsson

Author:Elizabeth Farrelly

“One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs.”

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Author:Steve Maraboli

“A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.”

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Book:Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.”

Feminism Radical Revolutionary

Book:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

Source: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

“What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to fight for justice, always in short supply.”

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Author:Barbara Strickland

“In being everything for everyone, when am I anything for myself?”

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Book:Miss Behave

Source: Miss Behave

“Often ignored by civil rights historians, a number of campaigns led to trials and even convictions throughout the South. These cases, many virtually unknown, broke with Southern tradition and fractured the philosophical and political foundations of white supremacy by challenging the relationship between sexual domination and racial equality.”

Feminism Civil Rights Movement Black Power

Book:At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power

Source: At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power

“To say that we want wages for housework is to expose the fact that housework is already money for capital, that capital has made and makes money out of our cooking, smiling, fucking. At the same time, it shows that we have cooked, smiled, fucked throughout the years not because it was easier for us than for anybody else, but because we did not have any other choice. Our faces have become distorted from so much smiling, our feelings have got lost from so much loving, our oversexualization has left us completely desexualized.”

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Book:Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle

Source: Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle

“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.”

Feminism Nonconformity Living Without Regrets Pope Joan

Book:Pope Joan

Source: Pope Joan

“White women will heap praise on my words calling for the destruction of the patriarchy, and then turn around and ask why I have to ‘be so divisive’ or say dismissively that I ‘sound like Al Sharpton’ when I dare bring up race.”

Feminism Racism Intersectionality Al Sharpton

Book:So You Want to Talk About Race

Source: So You Want to Talk About Race

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