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A sideways peace sign: scissors.
Huh, I've never thought about it like that in rock paper scissors.
“He gave a good speech, I guess.”
Not really, though, I mean, he basically played the pity card.
Because everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do.
A girl who seeks a leadership position must be smart, competent, hardworking, attractive, and, above all, nice. She must be all of those things in order to stand a chance against a male opponent, who frequently only has to be some of those things, and sometimes isn’t any of them. A guy who seeks a leadership position just has to try not to mess up too much. Girls get judged for their past; guys get judged for their potential.
You know how there’s often that one thing someone, usually a parent, becomes convinced is the solution to all your problems? And even though the thing is so specific and trivial that no otherwise rational person could possibly believe it’s the driving factor behind anything, they still manage, with prodigious creativity, to find ways to make everything about it? This is Mom’s thing.
“‘This is where we come to the subject of the chosen one,’”
Hehehe, I knew this would happen!! She had left without closing the tab because she was mad she didn't win and he found it!!
and everything will turn out fine. Totally, absolutely fine.
Haha, that's funny.
Can we stop calling every girl who speaks her mind “crazy”? That’s sexism right there, in case you didn’t notice.
“Let’s talk, for instance, about your relationship with Len.”
Hehehehe
Mariposa Abarca,
Omgosh, I love her name!!
HuffPo-ed
Is this a reference to Hufflepuff??
I feel a little bit like I’ve joined an elite cohort that owns the same limited-edition handbag.
Or like one of those stupid Stanley mug things
“Your parents want what’s good for you, but they don’t always know what’s best for you.”
There are some questions that can’t be answered by Google.
Which, Kevin has confirmed, is not where my missing sweater is.
Literally I bet Len has it
he gives me a small smile that makes me forget, just for a moment, that I have anything to worry about at all.
Awww he's already growing on her
google
Um so capitlization much??
A few feet away, Len is part of another conversation, but when our eyes meet, he smiles. And that’s when I understand: the reason is Len. I’m just the girl with Len. I could be Natalie, or Olivia, and it wouldn’t really make a difference. It doesn’t matter what kind of ruckus I’ve caused outside this situation, or what kind of stuff I’ve said about Len. The important thing is that I’m here with him, and he seems fine with it, so the respect they have for him carries over to me. It’s disquieting. It makes me feel complicit in something I don’t understand.
Suddenly, I seem to want such complicated things. I still want to be editor in chief of the Bugle and I still want to be a feminist. I want others to be feminists, too. But I also want something from Len that I understand only in fragments.
The book points out that large portions of history, and ways of looking at history, are lost when we don’t pay attention to the lives of women who aren’t necessarily fighting to be heard.
Feminists, after all, are often seen as women who do act out of line. And yet, could it be that a truly feminist version of history might also be about women who aren’t “feminists”?
I jut my chin out anyway and approximate a sup nod.
Haha my brother does this in the halls at school whenever I say hi to him.
We’re always making these distinctions, I realize, because we hope they will somehow protect us—just as I once insisted on separating myself from Serena, we’re now desperate to distance ourselves from Vicki. But the harshness we fear, in reality, seeps through to all of us, no matter how many lines we draw.
your Mom and Dad.
If you have 'your' before this, you don't need to capitalize mom and dad
“Because none of you have noticed how everyone’s reaction to this entire situation has still been one hundred percent sexist.”
give credit where it’s due!”
