I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of expressing diverse opinions and rejecting societal expectations for women to be passive or silent.
Shirley Manson's quote underscores the value of alternative viewpoints and encourages the empowerment of women beyond traditional roles. By rejecting the idea that women should conform to a docile and attractive persona, Manson advocates for a more robust and diverse representation of women's voices in society.
In practice
In a women's leadership seminar to inspire participants.
Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.
Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them.
Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
Gamergate is ostensibly about journalistic ethics. Supporters say they want to address conflicts of interest between the people that make games and the people that support them. In reality, Gamergate is a group of gamers that are willing to destroy the women who have invaded their clubhouse.
From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell. They dig it with their own desires.
I decided to be what crime made of me.
It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.
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