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“Cinderella does not represent contemporary girls. Today’s girls are no ‘damsels-in-distress.’ They figure and solve problems, invent solutions, and herald in the new world order.”

Book:Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories

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“It's a cruel trick we play on girls, exposing them to these realities at the same time that we exert the most social pressure on them to ignore and hide the anger they provoke. We look away from girls' anger and collude in the systems that erode their sense of self worth; then we turn around and wonder what it is about their "nature" that makes them so lacking in confidence as women.”

Women Feminism Anger Rage Girls Rage Becomes Her

Author:Sorya Chemaly

“Per una ragazza era inevitabile: ci si rassegnava a qualunque risposta. Se ti incazzavi eri una pazza, se non reagivi eri una mignotta. L'unica cosa che potevi fare era sorridere dall'angolino in cui ti avevano incastrata. Stare allo scherzo anche se dello scherzo eri sempre la vittima.”

Girls 1970s

Book:The Girls

Source: The Girls

“Most girls--' I began. Lola snapped up her hand. 'Be very careful what you say next, Henry Page,' she said. 'Very few good things come out of sentences that begin with "Most girls.”

Girls Female Characters Krystal Sutherland Our Chemical Hearts Henry Page Girls Supporting Girls Grace Town Most Girls

Book:Our Chemical Hearts

Source: Our Chemical Hearts

“'Shall anything bolder be found than united woman?' Mr Spinks murmured.”

Women Girls

Book:Under the Greenwood Tree

Source: Under the Greenwood Tree

“I thought my body was unacceptable, and that I had to hide. That's what the world tells us, right? But, now, maybe, if enough of us stand up and show ourselves, just as we are, if we post about our thriving, busy, messy, beautiful lives, our daughters won't have to swallow the same lies.”

Women Girls Body Image

Book:Big Summer

Source: Big Summer

“Girls could be so profiliged with their love. As though by spreading it wide they would induce the world to love them back. As though the world wasn't going to take that love and beat them with it.”

Love Fake Girls

Book:The Case for Jamie

Source: The Case for Jamie

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