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“Children and journalists need what they don't need actually.”

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“As a longtime journalist, this quote from the delicious Nora Ephron made me smile in recognition of its truth: "Working as a journalist is exactly like being the wallflower at the orgy...everyone else is having a marvelous time, laughing merrily, eating, drinking, having sex in the back room, and I am standing on the side taking notes.”

Quotes Journalists Ephron

Author:Nora Ephron

“Are you a journalist?” “I’m a doctor.” “Good. We need doctors, Wallahi.” Sadoon scowled. “Journalists only tell lies and smuggle carpets.”

Book:Baghdad Solitaire

Source: Baghdad Solitaire

“Why did you bother coming here at all?" "For my work. That's my profession. Writing about important things that are happening in the world." "I'm curious to know what exactly you wrote about Gulu. What important thing has been happening here in our town?" "Do you think what I do is of no significance?" She gestured impatiently. "Others have come here too, asked the children questions and then gone away, and at least it was all cut-and-dried. But you came back. I thought it was going to be different. What did you come back for? ... You barged into our lives, and now you've got cold feet. What are you afraid of? You got too close to us, right?”

Africa Journalists

Author:Jagielski Wojciech

“The idea for the Guild first came up at a party. Your father and I met there and, well, I suppose that's a story all its own. But we were both frustrated by the media at the time. We set out to tell the truth when everyone else seemed set on choosing sides. We had grand ideas about how far we could reach. … Back then, we knew we should be careful, but we had no idea how dangerous it would turn out to be.”

War Truth Danger Corruption Cold War Journalists Terrorists Government Agencies Secret Societies Exposes

Author:Sonny and Ais

“If you're not pitching, stop bitching”

Journalism Reporters Journalists

Author:Rebecca Aguilar

“The freedom I want is located in a world where we wouldn't need to love women, or even monitor our feelings about women as meaningful—in which we wouldn't need to parse the contours of female worth and liberation by paying meticulous personal attention to any of this at all.”

Difficult Women Pop Feminism

Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

“She has a pretty face, which is the same thing as ugly when a woman is fat. In the complex calculus between men and women, Milly, understands that fat is always ugly and that ugly and skinny makes a woman eminently more desirable than fat and any combination such as beautiful, charming, intelligent, or kind. Milly is ally those things.”

Difficult Women Milly

Author:Roxane Gay

“I did my first nude scene--and my second and third--maybe my fourth all in one movie, thanks to Allison. Allison made me feel like I was a beautiful woman when I did those love scenes. When a man makes you feel beautiful, that's one thing. But when a woman makes you feel beautiful, she's talking about your insides, too.”

Beauty Girl Power Female Empowerment Sisterly Love Female Friendships

Author:Illeana Douglas

“Jane had tried that with Mothers Group and failed. She just couldn't relate to those bright, chatty women and their bubbly conversations about husbands who weren't "stepping up" and renovations that weren't finished before the baby was born and that hilarious time they were so busy and tired they left the house without putting on any makeup! (Jane, who was wearing no makeup at the time, and never wore makeup, had kept her face blank and benign, while she inwardly shouted: What the fuck?)”

Relatable Female Friendships

Book:Big Little Lies

Source: Big Little Lies

“As she placed the stack near the other clothing, she glanced over her shoulder to see Brynn fiddling with the end of her braid. "Rhiannon, I don't mean to pry, but would you like some help with your hair?" Rhiannon sent her a wry, half smile. "It's that noticeable, is it?" "Well," Brynn paused, dipping her chin as she shoved her hands in her pockets, "not really... mostly." "I'm hopeless, you can say it," Rhiannon laughed. "Yes, please, I would appreciate any help you can give. My handmaidens always took care of such things and I never had any sense to learn to do it myself.”

Fantasy Books Fantasy Romance Books Female Friendships

Book:The Hunter: Tales of Pern Coen

Source: The Hunter: Tales of Pern Coen