When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus.
Nell ScovellRead
If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven.
Interpretation
Women supporting each other should be celebrated, while those who do not should be condemned.
This quote emphasizes the importance of solidarity among women and highlights the contrast between those who uplift and empower their fellow women versus those who do not. It suggests that the positive actions of supportive women should be rewarded and recognized, while the lack of support should have negative consequences.
In practice
In a women's empowerment seminar, this quote could inspire discussions on the importance of lifting each other up.
When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus.
I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers.
Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting.
WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT 18, MY MALES FRIENDS WERE UNABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, I DECIDED THAT I WAS A FEMINIST.
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women.
Diane Keaton is good for women in and of herself. She's smart and funny and real.
My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.
Recognize that the issues we face as women advancing in business are issues my grandmother would have loved to have had. And fight the good fight nonetheless. For yourself and your peers - but also for your daughter, when it's her turn.
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