#being a woman
Being a real, natural woman comes from inside. It’s not appearence. But without looking like a dull and dumb bimbo whore - no one cares. Don’t waste your potential, girls!
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• Tale, 1992, Kiki Smith
My shadow said to me:
what is the matter
Isn’t the moon warm
enough for you
why do you need
the blanket of another body
Whose kiss is moss
Around the picnic tables
The bright pink hands held sandwiches
crumbled by distance. Flies crawl
over the sweet instant
You know what is in these blankets
The trees outside are bending with
children shooting guns. Leave
them alone. They are playing
games of their own.
I give water, I give clean crusts
Aren’t there enough words
flowing in your veins
to keep you going.
- Margaret Atwood
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“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Anne Wiazemsky in Au Hasard Balthazar, Robert Bresson
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It’s time to stop telling women in their 30s how to live their lives
“I turned 30 this year, and let me tell you, that milestone falls on you not like a stone, but like a hard, crushing boulder.
Like so many my age, I’m feeling the weight of Western Society’s expectations. If it were an entity, it would breathe down your neck 'Time’s up! You’ve existed on this planet for 3 decades now. Gotta buy a house, think about getting married and having kids.’”
