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Ifemelu thought about the expression "sweet girl." Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into a malleable shape, or that sh...more

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When you want to join a prestigious social club, do you wonder if your race will make it difficult to join? If you do well in a situation, do you expe...more

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Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.

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That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the succes...more

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Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans.

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Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality.

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Teach her about difference. Make difference ordinary. Make difference normal. Teach her not to attach value to difference. And the reason for this is ...more

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Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl....more

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Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive. It is misogynistic to suggest that they are. Sadly, women have learned to be ashamed and apologeti...more

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If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential.

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...above all, let your focus be on remaining a full person. Take time for yourself. Nurture your own needs. Please do not think of it as 'doing it all...more

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There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.

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Each time he suggested they get married, she said no. They were too happy, precariously so, and she wanted to guard that bond; she feared that marriag...more

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Each time they ignore me, I feel invisible. I want to tell them that I am just as human as the man, just as worthy of acknowledgement. These are the l...more

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Sometimes life begins when the marriage ends