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“All girls continue to be taught when they are young, if not by their parents then by the culture around them, that they must earn the right to be loved — that “femaleness” is not good enough. This is a female’s first lesson in the school of patriarchal thinking and values. She must earn love. She is not entitled. She must be good enough to be loved. And good is always defined by someone else, someone on the outside.”

— bell hooks in Communion: Female Search for Love  (via monkeyknifefight)

(Source: daniellemertina)

Sep 26 2012
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