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4. strong willed child

6. witch witch witch

9. (Women are) to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their husbands. —Titus 2:5 King James Version of the Bible

12. Silence + Submission

16. Wear this. Do this. Believe this. Say this. Don’t say that.

22. chairman

23. chairman congressman

24. chairman congressman fireman

25. chairman congressman fireman mankind

26. chairman congressman fireman mankind manpower

27. chairman congressman fireman mankind manpower man-made lakes

28. chairman congressman fireman mankind manpower man-made lakes oh man

29. chairman congressman fireman mankind manpower man-made lakes oh man you guys

30. Symbolic Annihilation

32. first year

33. first year chair

34. first year chair you all

35. Men apply for a job when they meet just 60% of the qualifications Women apply only if they meet 100% —Forbes Magazine

36. Words used to describe men Words used to describe women Positive Negative Analytical Competent Athletic Dependable Confident Versatile Articulate Level-headed Logical Practical Arrogant Irresponsible Compassionate Enthusiastic Energetic Organized Inept Selfish Frivolous Passive Scattered Opportunistic Gossip Excitable Vain Temperamental Indecisive Panicky Positive Negative

37. For woman speaking–even just opening her mouth–in public is something rash, a transgression. —Hélène Cixous French feminist writer, poet, playwright, professor, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician

39. Voice = Power

40. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —Alice Walker American novelist, poet and social activist

41. Muted Group Theory: Dominant groups use language to suppress, mute, or devalue the words, ideas, and discourses of marginalized groups

42. They have internalized the idea that they are not entitled to raise their voice. —Marcel Calvez French researcher, professor of health and disability

44. Even simply being exposed to diversity can change the way you think. —Katherine W. Phillips “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter” published in Scientific American, October 1, 2014

46. The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make the one story become the only story. —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigerian writer, speaker

49. Find Your Voice

50. Who Am I, Really? Identity Part 1 2 3 ↓ _

53. I don’t care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it’s what I shall continue to do. —David Bowie Muse to misfits everywhere

54. Self Audit

55. I am a woman → I am white → I am straight → I am American → I am a Scorpio → I am an introvert → I am tall → I am curvy → I am a misanthrope → I am a mother → To a daughter → I am married → To a man → I am a writer → I love to travel → I love to read → I love animals → I love to make to-do lists → I am angry about the rise of white supremacy in my country → I'm scared about all the fallout from climate change → I am hopeful that we’re not all living in a horror show → I want to use my voice to make a difference in the world → I want to move to Portugal → I want to speak more than one language → I want to be more patient → I want to write more poems

82. Heritage. Choice. Joy. Vice. Talent. Anger. Inspiration. Fear. Heartbreak. Passion. Change.

94. What Do I Care About? Values Part 1 2 3 ↓ _

97. Get Real

98. It’s yours if:

99. It’s yours if: It won’t go away.

100. It’s yours if: It won’t go away. It feels right.

101. It’s yours if: It won’t go away. It feels right. It makes sense.

102. It’s yours if: It won’t go away. It feels right. It makes sense. It doesn’t hurt.

103. It’s yours if: It won’t go away. It feels right. It makes sense. It doesn’t hurt. It lights you up.

104. What Is Silencing Me? Part 1 2 3 ↓ _ Fears

105. Where do you feel silenced?

106. When was the last time you felt heard?

107. When did you want to say something, but didn’t?

108. What do you want to say that you’re not?

109. We’re so lucky that flowers don’t hold themselves back because other flowers are already blooming. —Emily McDowell American writer, illustrator / @emilyonlife

113. when i am afraid to speak is when i speak. that is when it is most important. —The freedom in fear a poem from “Salt” by Nayyirah Waheed

115. This ugliness was something I never asked for, it was dropped on me, and for a long time I worried that it made me ugly too. It made me into a sad, unwelcome story that nobody wanted to hear. —Chanel Miller American writer and illustrator, @chanelmillerknowmyname

116. But when I wrote the ugly and painful parts into a statement, an incredible thing happened. The world did not plug up its ears, it opened itself to me. —Chanel Miller American writer and illustrator, @chanelmillerknowmyname

118. Your Voice is Yours

122. Give yourself permission to speak

123. @wordsbyladonna Thank you.

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