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“I never want to contribute to the corrosiveness of wanting someone to stay hidden.”
― Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

“We were never trying to deny our femaleness. Instead, we wanted to expand the notion of what it means to be female. The notion of “female” should be so sprawling and complex that it becomes divorced from gender itself. We were considered a female band before we became merely a band; I was a female guitarist and Janet was a female drummer for years before we were simply considered a guitarist and a drummer. I think Sleater-Kinney wanted the privilege of starting from neutral ground, not from a perceived deficit or a linguistic limitation. Anything that isn’t traditional for women apparently requires that we remind people what an anomaly it is, even when it becomes less and less of an anomaly.”
― Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir

“Everyone wants to know the truth. Except those who don’t. Those who stand to lose by it.”
― Fiona Barton, The Suspect

“We notice the silence of men. We depend upon the silence of women.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway