"Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional positions without apologizing for their self-sufficiency, and in general acted the way many of us think woman acted only after 1969."

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Source : Mick LaSalle (2014). “Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood”, p.1, Macmillan

Mick LaSalle

#Baby Quotes #Cheating Quotes #Husband Quotes

“In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life â€” what is it about those black robes that makes us think ovaries?”

Source : "How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul". www.latimes.com. March 20, 2005.
“on him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body.”
“Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions.”
“My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.”
“Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy”
“I think it's important for the people to see the government is functioning...”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Of power does Man possess no particle: Of knowledge-just so much as show that still It ends in ignorance on every side...”
“Volumes are now written and spoken upon the effect of the mind upon the body. Much of it is true. But I wish a little more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.”

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