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Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison is an American writer known for her incisive social commentary and feminist literary works. Her writing often focuses on marginalized and overlooked groups, particularly women and the LGBTQ+ community. Born on April 11, 1949, Allison's writing career is marked by a deep exploration of issues related to gender, class, and race. more

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“Bất kì chuyện gì xảy ra," nó nói, "cũng không thể thay đổi một điều. Nếu mình là công chúa ăn mặc rách rưới thì mình vẫn có thể là một công chúa trong tâm hồn. Sẽ thật dễ dàng để làm một công chúa nếu mình mặc quần áo dát vàng, nhưng luôn là một công chúa mà không ai biết đến lại là một thắng lợi lớn hơn nhiều.”

“The psychologist George Frankl atributes class structure and conflict and most of the ills of society to the sexual class war based on the Oedipul pattern; that is, murderous phallic conflict between males for the favour of the women, those favours being defined by the men themselves. This system is, as it were, only haunted by women, who cannot in it acheive expression or contribute to society anything of their true nature, and are regarded as a kind of castrated man.”