Awakening Quote by June Diane Raphael
“There's a book called The Women's Room by Marilyn French that was a really big part of my personal feminist awakening growing up that I read.”
“There's a book called The Women's Room by Marilyn French that was a really big part of my personal feminist awakening growing up that I read.”
![“[The Women's Room by Marilyn French] was in my house somewhere, blew my mind, I was changed forever. And then I continued to read it at various points in my life, and it sort of opens up in a different way.” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36b/june-diane-raphael-9279_changed_the-women-s-room-by-marilyn-french-was-i_1269079.jpg)
![“Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book and film [Room] are about "the triumph of the human spirit.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a1/emma-donoghue-1499_book_feminism-is-still-one-of-those-taboo-wor_2879181.jpg)
![“I read [The Women's Room] in my 20s, and I was like, "I understand this now." And now I've become a mom and read it again and truly understand on a different level what one of the main characters goes through as a mother.” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/780/june-diane-raphael-9279_books_i-read-the-women-s-room-in-my-20s-and-i_1685789.jpg)
![“[My book is] a collection of letters and essays about what it takes to be a young woman today. Mostly the taboo things that girls don't want to talk about, but once we do we realize we're not alone.” quote by Lily Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f17/lily-collins-1760_book_my-book-is-a-collection-of-letters-and-e_505331.jpg)
![“[The Women's Room] is one of those pieces of fiction that reveals itself in a different way every time. It's incredible.” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f0/june-diane-raphael-9279_different_the-women-s-room-is-one-of-those-pieces_140417.jpg)
![“[The Women's Room] is very much a white woman's piece of fiction, for sure. But for me, as a white woman, I related to a lot of it and continue to as I've gotten older, and especially at this moment in time, I want to read it again.” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/612/june-diane-raphael-9279_fiction_the-women-s-room-is-very-much-a-white-wo_206259.jpg)
![“I feel I've learned a lot about [experience of giving birth], and I think it's amazing. Men and women who are ob-gyns are pretty amazing.” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe8/june-diane-raphael-9279_amazing-man_i-feel-i-ve-learned-a-lot-about-experien_287949.jpg)
![“I like the way [Marcus Lemonis] thinks. He's made me think about things in a different way. He's made me want to support small businesses in a very real way, seeing what these small-business owners go through and the struggle it is and the courage it takes to put your heart and money behind things…” quote by June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08e/june-diane-raphael-9279_actresses_i-like-the-way-marcus-lemonis-thinks-he_513795.jpg)
