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#36941voted by our readers
By midnightmetanoia PLATINUM
Gaithersburg, Maryland

When I brought up the subject of feminism at the dinner table my parents groaned, “You don’t want to be a feminist,” my dad told me. “Feminists are just women who don’t work ha...
midnightmetanoia PLATINUM, Gaithersburg, Maryland
39 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Soon madness has worn you down. It&rsquo;s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you&rsquo;re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marya Hornbacher


#36942 Poetry
By kylie233 BRONZE
Cupertino, California
kylie233 BRONZE, Cupertino, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#36943 Poetry
By Anonymous
#36944 Poetry
By Misphit BRONZE
Arlington, Texas
Misphit BRONZE, Arlington, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#36945 Poetry
By SnehaChatterjee PLATINUM
Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Other
SnehaChatterjee PLATINUM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Other
45 articles 2 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in the woods and I,<br /> I took the one less travelled by,<br /> And that has made all the difference

#36946 Poetry
By EmmyS SILVER
Rockville, Maryland
EmmyS SILVER, Rockville, Maryland
8 articles 3 photos 0 comments
#36947 Poetry
By sam0616 PLATINUM
Hartland, Wisconsin
sam0616 PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
23 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can own the earth, and still all you own is earth, until you learn to paint with all the colors of the wind.&quot;

#36948 Poetry
By SC M BRONZE
Darien, Connecticut
SC M BRONZE, Darien, Connecticut
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#36949 Poetry
By GothicGirlGwyn SILVER
Seminole, Florida
GothicGirlGwyn SILVER, Seminole, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you mess with my friends, you mess with me.

#36950 Poetry
By Flyleaf456 SILVER
Essexville, Michigan
Flyleaf456 SILVER, Essexville, Michigan
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.&quot; -Edgar Allan Poe