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Female Erasure: What You Need to Know About Gender Politics' War on Women, the Female Sex and Human Rights

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“As this shows, under the topsy-tervy conditions of revolution, women found themselves once again serving as soldiers in the front line. The last known female regular soldier had been abolished in Ireland in the seventh century A.D., but the tradition, stretching all the way back to the old matriarchies, had never entirely disappeared.”

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Book:Who Cooked the Last Supper? The Women's History of the World
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“Max." Fang let go of my hand. "Right now, it's really all about—us." He swooped down to the right in a big semicircle, ending facing me. Slowly we climbed upward, until we were almost vertical, flying straight up to the sun. While carefully synchronizing our wings—they almost touched—Fang leaned in, gently put one hand behind my neck, and kissed me. It was just about as close to heaven as I'll ever get, I guess. I closed my eyes, lost in the feeling of flying and kissing and being with the one person in the world I completely, utterly trusted. When we finally broke apart, we looked down at the others, who were way far below us now. Angel was shading her eyes, looking up at us with a big smile. She was sitting on a dolphin's back, and I hoped soon someone would explain to the dolphin that he shouldn't let Angel take advantage of his good nature. Still looking up at us, Angel gave us a big thumbs-up. "She approves," Fang said with a hint of amusement. "Jeez," I wondered aloud. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

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Book:Max
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“Η Θαλασσινή μιλάει για ζητήματα φύλου, η Θαλασσινή ενδιαφέρεται για την κοινωνική κατασκευή του φύλου, η Θαλασσινή υπερασπίζεται την ελευθερία έκφρασης σεξουαλικότητας και αυτοπροσδιορισμού, η Θαλασσινή τρέχει σε πορείες, η Θαλασσινή χαρακτηρίζει τις παρέες της Γαλάτειας «ομοφοβικές», τον κολλητό της από τη σχολή, το Δομήνικο, «μισογύνη», η Θαλασσινή ουρλιάζει στη μητέρα τους πως δεν έχει ιδέα και διδάσκει σε παιδιά δημοτικού μαλακίες, η Θαλασσινή πληκτρολογεί μανιασμένα, θυμωμένη, η Θαλασσινή θέλει να βάλει φωτιά στα γραφεία της Χρυσής Αυγής της γειτονιάς τους, η Θαλασσινή φτιάχνει κάτι στο μπάνιο όταν λείπουν οι γονείς, μυρίζει έντονα, προκαλεί βήχα, τι είδους αλχημείες είναι αυτές, αραδιάζει τα υλικά της, έχει αγοράσει κάτι από το φαρμακείο, ανακατεύει, σουρώνει, περιμένει, η Γαλάτεια στάθηκε στην πόρτα και την κοίταξε προβληματισμένη, «Τι είναι αυτό;», «Σπρέι πιπεριού», «Πας καλά; Αυτό είναι παράνομο!», «Ενώ το να σε βιάζουν ή να σε σπάνε στο ξύλο μέρα μεσημέρι, την ώρα που γυρνάς στο σπίτι σου, είναι απολύτως νόμιμο», «Υπερβάλλεις», «Καθόλου», «Κανένας δεν σε βιάζει μέρα-μεσημέρι, Θαλ, είσαι σοβαρή;», «Ασφαλώς. Όπως είναι ευρέως γνωστό, όλοι οι βιασμοί λαμβάνουν χώρα απαραιτήτως βράδυ, σε σκοτεινά σοκάκια, από ψυχανώμαλους. Έτσι δεν είναι;», «Μη με ειρωνεύεσαι», «Δεν είναι έτσι. Αυτό μας έμαθαν αλλά δεν είναι έτσι», «Και πώς είναι;», η Θαλασσινή ψέκασε με το σπρέι πιπεριού στον καθρέφτη του μπάνιου, έγινε κόκκινος, «Έτσι είναι», απάντησε [...]”

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Book:Μια κάποια Γαλάτεια
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“Modern Hymn for Aphrodite O' tongue- sharp blade. O' bleeding heart. She of many names given and taken. Lady of the Unknown. Lady of the Daybreak. You bare- knuckled mother. Righteous anger and holy grief. You necessary rage. Born not of the cruel sea but of your own hand. Self-made splendor. Spark of creation. The universe hums in your wake. You leave nothing undisturbed.”

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Book:Aphrodite Made Me Do It
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“Male" contraception is something novel for many people. There are still very few people using these methods, so they receive a lot of attention and a certain amount of approval among activist and feminist circles. The fact that you're seen as this cool guy, just because you're pushing up your family jewels...it says a lot about the state of things, in terms of the contraceptive burden. All we're doing is trying to make things more equal. There's nothing heroic about it...it's just natural.”

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Book:Le coeur des Zobs
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“Being a supporter of feminism means becoming aware of your privilege and trying to break it down every day. It's not "trendy." It's actually a really basic thing, and highly political. And you get no benefit from it, no reward for doing so. It means agreeing to give up the privilege you enjoy as a white cishet man. You have to stand alongside your woman in her fight.”

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Book:Le coeur des Zobs
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“See? Nothing changes... The media has spent the past 40 years making announcements about some future "miracle contraception." Articles like that aren't helping to bring about change. We use them to justify just waiting around and doing nothing. It's like: "I swear as soon as there's a pill for guys, I'll be the first to take it!" They make us forget that viable and effective methods already exist! And that if we're even remotely attached to any principles of equity and justice...then it's our responsibility to take part in this movement. Step off of the beaten path, get things moving, and make some headway.”

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Book:Le coeur des Zobs
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