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Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt.

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When I was nine, I wrote a vow of celibacy on a piece of paper and ate it.

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Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid. ’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear. ’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.

Attitude, Compliment, Education, Girl, Hear, Wrote

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

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Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

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I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.

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I consider being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.

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