"Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own b...
In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.
~ Adrienne Rich ~
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In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.
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"Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude.
"Sexist grammar burns into the brains of little girls and young women a message that the male is the norm, the standard, the central figure beside whic...
"if you unquestioningly accept one piece of the culture that despises and fears you, you are vulnerable to other pieces.
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