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Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienated from their own power as living, loving, labouring beings.

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Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else's I refuse to burn my energy adding extra magic and sparkle to other people's lives to get them to love me. I'm busy casting spells for myself.

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Public 'career feminists' have been more concerned with getting more women into 'boardrooms,' when the problem is that there are altogether too many boardrooms, and none of them are on fire,

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If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight.

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The fact that 'attention seeking' is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale.

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The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.

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Those who are so eager for women and girls to go back to the kitchen might think again about just what it is we might be up to in there. You can plan a lot of damage from a kitchen. It's also where the knives are kept.

Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny

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Born: September 28, 1986 (age 40)

Bio: Laurie Penny is an English feminist columnist and author. She has contributed articles to publications such as The Guardian and the New Statesman, and has written two books on feminism.

Known for:

Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution (2014)
Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (2011)
Everything Belongs to the Future (2016)
Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent (2011)

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