In college, unable to be "special" - or in demand - as a girl, I made myself useful, even essential, in my microcosm - as a writer and photographer for the band, particularly for the band director. My "specialness" was… — 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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