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Set one bike on fire and suddenly you had a reputation.
“It’s just this idealistic vision of America, where everybody has the ability to ‘pull themselves up by their bootstraps’ and be a success. I mean, come on, that’s not feasible for every person. It all depends on a combination of ethnicity, socio-economic background, gender, attractiveness, et cetera. From the moment you’re born labels are applied to you.”
Mean girls were symptomatic of most patriarchal cultures. Their appearance had always boggled me, as women had enough odds stacked against them. You’d think they’d band together rather than tear each other down.
