“Feminism is the collective manifestation of anger. They suppress our anger for a reason. Let’s prove them right.”— Lindy West, nytimes.comTagged: Patriarchy, feminism, Anger
“I did not call myself a feminist until I was nearly 20 years old. My world had taught me that feminists were ugly and ridiculous, and I did not want to be ugly and ridiculous. I wanted to be cool and desired by men, because even as a teenager I knew implicitly that pandering for male approval was a…”— Lindy West, nytimes.comTagged: Patriarchy, feminism, Internalized Misogyny
“Not only are women expected to weather sexual violence, intimate partner violence, workplace discrimination, institutional subordination, the expectation of free domestic labor, the blame for our own victimization, and all the subtler, invisible cuts that undermine us daily, we are not even allowed…”— Lindy West, nytimes.comTagged: Anger, Sexism, Double Standards, Silence, Victim Blaming