Jessica Valenti Quotes

Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies.

Jessica Valenti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 1, 1978

Topics

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I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

John Niven

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I'm a teacher, so much of what I'm doing remains in the abstract. But I also support a lot of educational initiatives that support kids to really get out there and work hard in their communities. But I also think that we need poets in our country to inspire.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

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I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

Meg Cabot

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I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry?

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

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I would say if you're young, if you're a teenager, act in plays, as many plays as you can. It's an amazing way to build your craft and an amazing way to build your presence.

Steve Zissis

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Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.

Rosalind Wiseman

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I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.

Miley Cyrus

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When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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I'm really quite normal. My imagination has some serious kinks in it, that's all.

Allan Guthrie

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Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

Richard M. Daley

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