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Endelig! Lykken. Og mitt forsøk, i 2022, på å utholde smerten ved tidens herjinger

by Dag Solstad

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Babel: An Arcane History

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“All this intellectual jumping through hoops to maintain the status quo. All this to prove what they have always really wanted to know: that they are superior.

Well, keep reaching, keep reaching. One day there will be nothing left to reach for.”
― Angela Saini, Superior: The Return of Race Science

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“Have you thought about the evolutionary psychology of it? Men have evolved to be strong worker homestead-keepers, while women—with babies to protect from harm—have had to become aggressive and violent.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

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“I said probably they were just scared he was going to put ideas in our heads. She smiled. “Imagine that. A teacher, putting ideas in kids’ heads.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

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“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on it and it's hollow. Look under the shells: it's not there.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

tags: gender, gender-roles, gender-stereotypes

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“Expendable” may seem a bad word to use to describe your own life, except I actually find it liberating. The way it vents away all pressure to become. How it asks only that you be.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

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