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Femininity has been perceived as being nurturing and nice and sweet and soft. Well it’s lovely to have nice people around, but that perception of niceness and cooperation as a hallmark of womanly authenticity was created by a patriarchy that wanted to disempower women.
Living Prudently
Five Books
The real purpose of poetry, W. H. Auden said, is disenchantment. Not throwing fairy dust in your eyes. It’s stripping away what’s false so you can see what’s true underneath. I like to say poetry has to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
Now Go Out There:
Mary Karr
If you were a musician, you'd want to be the type who's practicing scales rather than trying to get backstage to party with the rock stars. Find the equivalent of practicing scales in your field, and do that.
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