In the 1970s, girls didn't do anything. It wasn't their fault. For me and the other working-class girls I hung around with, our route was plotted - you were a secretary and a wife. I wanted to hitchhike around the world, go on motorbikes, be in bands.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the limitations placed on women in the past and the desire to break free from them.
Viv Albertine's quote illustrates the societal constraints imposed on girls in the 1970s, where traditional roles often relegated them to being secretaries and wives. It highlights a longing for freedom and adventure, representing a broader resistance against societal norms and the pursuit of personal dreams.
In practice
During a women's empowerment event, sharing this quote can inspire young women to pursue their dreams.
I was brought up to be uncompromisingly bloody-minded by my mother. She equipped me, without knowing it, to be someone who is creative rather than an entertainer. Not many girls are brought up like that, to never rely on a man. To not be a housewife, not be a mother.
Nothing is constant but change! All existence is a perpetual flux of "being and becoming!" That is the broad lesson of the evolution of the world.
I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
When policymakers, financiers and scientists describe the world decades from now, in the throes of climatic changes that we now only model, they emphasize what might be lost.
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.
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