“She should be assertive but not bossy, feminine but not prissy, experienced but not condescending, fashionable but not superficial, forceful but not shrill. Put simply: she should be masculine, but not too masculine; feminine, but not too feminine. She should… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“The poor and people of color are yoked to the abject; white people use its exploration as a path toward self-liberation. It’s a valid… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“Hence, the policing of the female athlete, who faces the daunting task of maintaining a body strong enough to excel at her sport of… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“To be an unruly woman today is to oscillate between the postures of fearlessness and self-doubt, between listening to the voices that tell a… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when a woman speaks out, some people think it’s shouting”—a” — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“...the difference between cute, acceptable unruliness and unruliness that results in ire is often as simple as the color of a woman's skin, whom… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“She should be assertive but not bossy, feminine but not prissy, experienced but not condescending, fashionable but not superficial, forceful but not shrill. Put… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“Feministing writer Jos Truitt puts it, “trans women are disrespected and treated terribly when they don’t pass, but if they do pass they’re called… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“...a far more palatable - and, in many cases, more successful - form of femininity: the lifestyle supermom...they've built tremendously successful brands by embracing… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“Femininity cloaked power and strength, made it more palatable, less threatening.” — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
“It’s a tendency that reflects the age-old understanding that (white) men can contain multitudes, while members of every other group are pitted against themselves,… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
