We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present.
I always say I'm the kind of feminist who likes lip gloss.
I have considered being a university professor and teaching whimsical, rant-filled classes with no obvious useful benefit.
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.
Whatever I write, somebody is somehow going to find a way to show that I'm really writing about political oppression in Africa.
The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. If we have sons, we don't mind knowing about our sons' girlfriends. But our daughters' boyfriends, God forbid!
Cooking, by the way, is a very useful skill for a boy to have. I've never thought it made sense to leave such a crucial thing - the ability to nourish oneself - in the hands of others.
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness, because I deserve to be.
Culture does not make people; people make culture.ものすごくパワフルで爽快、気持ちいいです!
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