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But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

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My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. ↗

— Anna Lee

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No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. ↗

— John Selden

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The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. ↗

— William Moulton Marston

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Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#i #like #me #them

Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. ↗

— Edmond Halley

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When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality. ↗

— Goldie Hawn

#femininity #i #sexuality

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely. ↗

— Charlton Heston

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