Sit at the table

Megane 2022-03-23 09:02:36


The worst thing is not that you are suffered. The worst is that you do not realize that you are suffered.

After reading 7 classical feminist books and Sandberg's new book, I could not calm down myself after watching this film.

It's not our fault to be endowed with beauties, moreover, it's not our penalty to born as women.

The unfairness between men and their female counterpart is so obvious when you click online organizational chart of a company. I am sick of being told "girl things" and "boy things".

I am not asking for taking over men's space. I am fighting for the proper rights outside kitchen and bed.

The manager said, "you are not the smartest lawyer, you are the smartest female lawyer. You women always take everything too personal." What he implied obviously was that the smartest lawyer must be male.

"Sit at the table". I always put my career goal high on the agenda. I value emotions and moments between friends and my family. However, the only way to fulfill my self-satisfaction is to create a much fairer world.

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North Country quotes

  • Hank Aimes: [to Josey upon announcing her desire to work at the mine] You wanna be a lesbian, now?

    Karen Aimes: [innocently] *I* wanna be a lesbian.

  • Josey Aimes: You act like I'm stealing. I work damn hard every day, same as you.

    Hank Aimes: Oh, now you're the same as me.

    Josey Aimes: Oh no, there's a few differences. You don't go to work scared of what they write about you on the walls, or what kind of disgusting thing you might find in your locker. You don't gotta be scared that one of these days you'll come to work and get raped.