Feminism Quotes by Nenia Campbell

13 Feminism quotes by Nenia Campbell

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Nenia Campbell offers a brief but thoughtful collection of thirteen quotes that cut straight to the heart of feminist concerns. This short set works well as a quick reference for readers seeking clear, resonant ideas.

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“A woman isn't a whore for wanting pleasure. If it were unnatural, we would not be born with such drives.”

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“Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.”

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“If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid…

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“Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're…

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“Maybe that was the root of my dislike for her: she had what I wanted, which earned her my jealousy, and since…

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“I didn't understand what it was about men—not all men, but a good portion of them—that turned a good, solid “NO” into…

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“Mámá was fond of saying that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels—an aphorism I was pretty sure she'd cribbed from the…

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“Isn't that just typical. You're either asking for it, or having it forced upon you without your consent. Who decided women always…

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“In her view, there were three options for a woman. If you were beautiful, you got married. If you were ugly, you…

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“I'd seen entire constellations of possibility I'd never previously been aware of, so blinded had I been by the bright, glaring stars…

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“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given…

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“Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced…

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“I couldn't tell anyone how I felt because I knew they wouldn't understand. Oh, poor little Christina, falling for the bad man…

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“When we mated I felt your heart stop beating and it was as if the world had stopped turning. It was only while surrounded…

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“You mean you don't want to come in and hold my hand while I piss?”

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“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.”

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“They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals—if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first.”

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“No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned in. “It…

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“We both want you dead. I'm bringing the friendship bracelets to the next meeting.”

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“She has built her whole life on the foundation of beauty: each chiseled plane, each sloping dimple, each soft curve as crucial as keystones…

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“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand. "No. Just me - and my brother." Which means her parents are in…

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“I feel I could kill. I feel that I might like it. And I know that this should scare me. But it doesn't. It…

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“If people are meant to live, they'll live. If not, more room for the rest of us.”

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“You were a well-respected agent, Michael, a rags-to-riches fairytale ending. Until you became disgraced. Now it appears your own organization wishes to be rid…

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“If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.”

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“Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own.”

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“But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.”

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