“Yes! I hate everything about this country. Like, I hate fat white Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma — that’s really America.” PeopleLittlesRealCountryAmericaHateGirlWhiteMiddleI HateConservativeFatsMeatRacistFarmsTeenageGrandmaTeenage GirlKmart Author:Azealia Banks
“This was middle school, the age of miracles, the time when kids shot up three inches over the summer, when breasts bloomed from nothing, when voices dipped and dove. Our first flaws were emerging, but they were being corrected. Blurry vision could be fixed invisibly with the magic of the contact lens. Crooked teeth were pulled straight with braces. Spotty skin could be chemically cleared. Some girls were turning beautiful. A few boys were growing tall.” FirstsKidsAgeSchoolBeautifulGirlThreeVoiceVisionBoysGrowingMagicMiddleSummerShotsSkinsMiracleTeethContactFixedBreastsFlawsTallInchesLensesEmergingDoveCrookedMiddle SchoolBracesBlurryContact LensesCrooked Teeth Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names.” StillsGirlNamesHalfBoysComedyWifeMiddleMy WifePushingRelievedContracting Author:Paul Reiser
“I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHomeLawGirlFatherRealizingClassMiddleGrewSafeOfficeGrew UpRadioClubsMiddle ClassHotelStationsChicagoSteelDaddyNursingMillsRadio StationsNursing HomeMotels Author:LisaRaye McCoy-Misick
“For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl scrubbing floors in that home, a Welsh boy mining coal to keep the home-baked goodies warm, a black girl doing the family laundry, a black mother and child picking cotton to be made into clothes for the family, and a Jewish or an Italian daughter in a sweatshop making "ladies" dresses or artificial flowers for the family to purchase.” ChildrenMadeHomeMotherGirlBlackClassBoysWifeMiddleCenturyFlowerClothesDaughterDressesWarmCirclesMiddle ClassItalianArtificialProtectedCoalNineteenth CenturyCottonLaundryMiningWelshMother And ChildBlack GirlMiddle Class FamilySweatshopsArtificial Flowers Author:Stephanie Coontz
“A girl in the middle years also becomes more centered in her soul-life, the feelings of her heart, and she needs our guidance to learn to express her uniqueness, those small seeds that will someday sprout into gifts, talents, and resources.” NeedsYearsHeartSoulFeelingsGirlMiddleTalentResourcesSeedsGuidanceSomedayUniquenessSproutsSoul Life Book:Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman Source: Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman
“I used to drink wine. This girl asked me, "Doesn't wine give you a headache?" "Yeah, eventually, but the first and the middle part are amazing!"” GivingFirstsHumorFunnyUsedGirlMiddleDrinkYeahWineHeadacheThis Girl Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I hope to inspire everyone - especially young people, women, and young girls all over the world, and in Middle Eastern countries that do not provide women with the same opportunities as men - to not give up their dreams and to pursue them.” PeopleMenWorldGivingCountryDreamYoungGirlOpportunityMiddleInspireGiving UpPursueEasternNot Giving Up Author:Anousheh Ansari