The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that women's rights are the significant social movement of the 21st century, analogous to the civil rights movement of the 20th century.
Tina Brown's quote emphasizes the importance of women's rights in contemporary society, likening their struggle for equality to the civil rights movement that sought to dismantle systemic racism and advocate for the rights of marginalized communities in the previous century. It highlights that just as civil rights were pivotal in shaping societal norms and laws in the 20th century, the fight for women's rights is now critical in addressing gender inequalities and achieving true equality in the 21st century.
In practice
This quote can be used during a women's rights rally to emphasize the importance of gender equality.
It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.
Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing - that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.
I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them readably is in their DNA. British newspapers get a terrible rap, but they are brilliant in their presentation, most of them, so full of vitality and literary wit.
One of the the great things about having had something that didn't work out is: So what? I am fine.
Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.
If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some lapse of time any place where she has ones lived. She will meet her former self at every turn, with every familiar face, in every old recollection ... She will see how much she has gained in some respects, how much she has lost - irretrievably lost - in others.
A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.
We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one of us, and it's the time we're listening to the most hokey shite on the radio and watching vacuous bullshit celebrities being vacuous bullshit celebrities and desperately trying to forget about everything. Which is fine, you know, but personally speaking, I can't do that.
I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.
It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers.
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