In my freshman year of college, when a male professor asked the class, "Who here identifies as a feminist?" Only one girl raised her hand, and the rest of us just sat there. He basically just shamed us for the rest of the class - in a constructive way. He went around the room and said to each girl, "Why didn't you raise your hand? Feminism means men and women deserve the same rights, and that the balance in the world is currently tilted in men's favour.
Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the… - Lindy West
Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the…
- Lindy West
On a practical level, I'm uncomfortable at comedy clubs because there are so many shitty dude comics who have made my life miserable. If I go to a co… - Lindy West
On a practical level, I'm uncomfortable at comedy clubs because there are so many shitty dude comics who have made my life miserable. If I go to a co…
We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder. - Lindy West
We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.
Ashley Graham on the cover certainly better than nothing. It would have felt revolutionary to me as a teenage girl, for sure. But really, all they've… - Lindy West
Ashley Graham on the cover certainly better than nothing. It would have felt revolutionary to me as a teenage girl, for sure. But really, all they've…
I didn't stop hating my body because my body changed; I stopped hating my body because my mind changed. I realized that the beauty standards I'd grow… - Lindy West
I didn't stop hating my body because my body changed; I stopped hating my body because my mind changed. I realized that the beauty standards I'd grow…
It’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity. - Lindy West
It’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity.
I'm fortunate to have a hilarious, fun, brilliant family that I love spending time with that keeps me in a healthy head space. The internet can be so… - Lindy West
I'm fortunate to have a hilarious, fun, brilliant family that I love spending time with that keeps me in a healthy head space. The internet can be so…
I fervently believe that people shouldn't stay in bad relationships just because of some artificial rom-com notion of true love being "forever." In f… - Lindy West
I fervently believe that people shouldn't stay in bad relationships just because of some artificial rom-com notion of true love being "forever." In f…
The narrative for girls is that you just hang around and wait to be "chosen" and then you belong to somebody and you live happily ever after. There i… - Lindy West
The narrative for girls is that you just hang around and wait to be "chosen" and then you belong to somebody and you live happily ever after. There i…
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