I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of expressing diverse opinions and rejecting societal expectations for women to be passive or silent.
Shirley Manson's quote underscores the value of alternative viewpoints and encourages the empowerment of women beyond traditional roles. By rejecting the idea that women should conform to a docile and attractive persona, Manson advocates for a more robust and diverse representation of women's voices in society.
In practice
In a women's leadership seminar to inspire participants.
Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.
The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas.
All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.
extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. this is how the human body reacts to extreme stress.
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