Everyone I know, men and women alike, would love to see the world changed so that boys and girls, men and women are valued equally for what we contribute, despite the differences in how our brains and bodies work. — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Despite my belief that somehow my work would get me where I wanted to be, there was still some kind of fathomless yearning. Yes, my career aspirations were always goading me. But partially, I think I tried to let those… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
If sexuality is beginning in such a skewed way: that boys expect to receive sexual pleasure and girls are expected to give it without… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
I always expected my work to be what was noticed, appreciated or what would eventually succeed, not my sexuality. — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or [fill in career blank] - that means you're… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
I occasionally feel contempt for that attitude [degree of sexual desire towards me] when I perceive it, but maybe that's not fair. By our… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Everyone I know, men and women alike, would love to see the world changed so that boys and girls, men and women are valued… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
I think a certain kind of sexism is so matter-of-fact, and has been for so long, that young women feel less valuable or second-tier… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Ambition is something you turn into a plan to create an online personality, a brand, a network. — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
That's the difference between a real journal and one that's invented for a novel. A novel journal has to be manipulated so someone reading… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
What I was being told in my 20s in the close-quartered, male-ego-infused work space, was that I had to stop reacting with my emotions… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Culture and society determined sexual desirability as what makes us important so long that it's part of our sensibility from birth.Little girls know. From… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Nobody sits alone accompanied only by a stewing ambition that won't see fruit for years. Ambition is something you turn into publicity before there's… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
In college, unable to be "special" - or in demand - as a girl, I made myself useful, even essential, in my microcosm -… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
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