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“In fact, I think an essential part of being a woman is finding that part of you that others would see as monstrous. Finding it and nurturing it so that it does not overtake who you are; if you ignore it, or try to hide it, that is when other people will turn it against you.”
― Medusa
― Medusa
“The dancer's body in performance is, therefore, an act of mediation between the physical vocabulary of the dance form and personal conceptions of identity.”
― Belly Dance: Orientalism, Transnationalism, And Harem Fantasy
― Belly Dance: Orientalism, Transnationalism, And Harem Fantasy
“A monstrous woman is not a terrible thing to be.”
― Medusa
― Medusa
“Many of us didn’t marry the woman we truly loved. We married the woman that was around when we were ready to
marry.”
― Americanah
marry.”
― Americanah
“I found by experience, that to be friendless is the worst condition, next to being in want that a woman can be reduced to.”
― Moll Flanders
― Moll Flanders
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