” In 2008, I was one of the young feminist whippersnappers who voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries – or as many of my older counterparts called me at the time, a traitor. “
” Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children. “
” It’s not always easy being a full-time feminist – especially as a young woman – when you’re constantly being told that what you do is irrelevant. I’m on the defense all the time. “
” The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you ‘belong’ to someone, and your man makes bank. “
” You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal – it just feels stifling. “
” Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control. “
” The truth is that we don’t need everyone to like us, we need a few people to love us. Because what’s better than being roundly liked is being fully known – an impossibility both professionally and personally if you’re so busy being likable that you forget to be yourself. “
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