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I feel sorry... for people whove had skinny privilege and then hav

I feel sorry… for people whove had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who arent their idea of beautiful and therefore arent their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself. – Beth Ditto

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I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing – just as my moms had before me, and her moms had before her. – Beth Ditto

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When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisands flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen. – Beth Ditto

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As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and theres a great big world to explore out there. – Beth Ditto

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I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. – Nora Ephron

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Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. – Cornelia Otis Skinner

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Ive been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so its pretty equal. I dont know why that is. Its been the same thing for a while. Its hard for female comedians to stand out. Thats weird. Thats a shame. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

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If you wished to be loved, love. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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