"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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Source : Laurie Penny (2011). “Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism”, p.11, John Hunt Publishing

Laurie Penny

#Identity Quotes #Shrinking Quotes #Femininity Quotes

“Hogwarts is threatened!â€ shouted Professor McGonagall. â€œMan the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!”
“I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.”

Source : Interview with Meghan O'Rourke, www.slate.com. January 31, 2006.
“A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.”
“Happiness is the best adventure on earth.”
“I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it's not about anything that matters, I don't feel like doing it. I'm not against people who make movies just for fun, but I'm not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?”
“From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.”
“Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history.”

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