“I was like wow…I’ve never seen you so insecure or nervous before! You came off really not confident and unsure of yourself, I know it’s hard when you don’t have a job, but you have to spin it as something positive, ya know? You should never just say you’re “figuring stuff out.” Clearly you have…
We need to reclaim the word ‘feminism’. We need the word ‘feminism’ back real bad. When statistics come in saying that only 29 per cent of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42 per cent of British women - I used to think, What do you think feminism IS, ladies? What part of ‘liberation for women’ is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? ‘Vogue’, by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that good shit GET ON YOUR NERVES? Or were you just DRUNK AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY?
These days, however, I am much calmer - since I realised that it’s technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism, you wouldn’t be allowed to have a debate on women’s place in society. You’d be too busy giving birth on the kitchen floor - biting down on a wooden spoon, so as not to disturb the men’s card game - before going back to quick-liming the dunny. This is why those female columnists in the Daily Mail - giving daily wail against feminism - amuse me. They paid you £1,600 for that, dear, I think. And I bet it’s going in your bank account, and not your husband’s. The more women argue loudly, against feminism, the more they both prove it exists and that they enjoy its hard-won privileges.
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MVP scene of the episode, one of the best scenes of the season.
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Awesome poster for the Parks and Rec Paley Panel tomorrow. Designed by Mike Mitchell.
Mutatoes is a collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables, displaying a dazzling variety of forms, colours and textures, that only reveal themselves when lawfully enforced standards cease to exist.
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I finished Bossypants last night and damn if it didn’t live up to all of my expectations. Your roommate will look at you quizzically because you’re laughing out loud a lot. A LOT. And long after you’re done, the lessons and stories will still ring in your head. Needless to say, I will be rereading this. Very, very soon.
It’s hard to pick a favorite section, but one that stood out in particular was the chapter, “I don’t care if you don’t like it.” It’s equal parts insightful and hilarious on the issue of women in any workplace, and one of many - deserved - odes to women like Amy Poehler.
