“If we want to get paid what we are worth, we need to look out for ourselves.”
Source: Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job
“There are two types of people in this world: those who keep their word and those who don’t.
Who do you want to be?”
Source: Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job
“Think of your resume as your calling card. Your goal is to make people want to meet you after they’ve read it.”
Source: Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job
“everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do.”
Source: Not Here to Be Liked
“Many a time I was desperately tired; but all the same it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man.”
“Da parte sua, Charlotte era piuttosto tranquilla. Aveva raggiunto il suo scopo e aveva tempo di riflettere. Nel complesso era soddisfatta. Di sicuro, il signor Collins non era né intelligente né piacevole: la sua compagnia era noiosa e il suo attaccamento a lei doveva essere immaginario. Ma sarebbe stato comunque suo marito. Pur non avendo mai avuto un'opinione troppo alta né degli uomini né del matrimonio, aveva però sempre mirato a sposarsi: era l'unica sistemazione dignitosa per una ragazza di buona famiglia ma di scarsi mezzi; e, anche se non era certo che desse la felicità, era la soluzione migliore per mettersi al riparo dalla povertà.”
Source: Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
“You had best never return," he said.
"You have it wrong," Maria told him. "You had best stay away from me.”
Source: Magic Lessons
“I pride myself on being a smart woman. I’m going to get everything I came here to get in life.”
“You can hack the system once you understand the system. And once you’re in, you can be one of the disrupters to the
system. Break the system. Create a new system that works to the benefit of everyone—an even playing field.”
Source: Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job
“Why do I call myself the Real-World Feminist? I also bristle at the bullshit labels that come with the term “feminist.” Because we’re not man-hating, humorless PC-robots, and I’m not going to be boxed in by anyone else’s idea of what a feminist is.”
Source: Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job