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If a young woman in middle school or high school hangs up a poster of Barack Obama in her room, this is seen as acceptable. It’s fine for women to admire men and want to be like them.

If a young man (the same age) hangs up a poster of Hillary Clinton in his room, this is seen as odd (maybe even troubling, is he gay? Oh no!).

Society tells us young men can’t think of women as role models, unless they’re a family member, whereas young women can admire and seek to emulate anyone, regardless of gender.

If you’re a young man, and if you have a poster on your wall with a woman, she had better be half-naked in a bikini, even if the Ronald Reagan or Gen. Patton poster next to it obviously features the man fully-clothed.

Young men are not to taught to think of women as role models. They are taught to think of them as either family members or sexual objects. There is no other category presented.

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http://charlesclymer.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-are-we-so-ashamed-of-our-women.html (via there-was-a-girl)

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• Theodor Seuss Geisel: Can you use your imagination?
• J.K. Rowling: Do you believe in Magic?
• Rick Riordan: Do you know your myths?
• Ryan Murphy: Why be like everyone else?
• Suzanne Collins: Are you going to make the right choice?
• George R. R. Martin: All die, so why fear it?
• Veronica Roth: There are always secrets to be broken?
• Cassandra Clare: What would you do for love?
• Lauren Oliver: What is a world without love?
• Orson Scott Card: Can you really break the status quo of society?
• Scott Westerfeld: How does one define beauty?
• John Green: What is the purpose of living?
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Fuck you all go away leave me alone I hate you so much why won't this bastard die?

Jane Austen edition 

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when you saw the film, what were you most impressed with?

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Things to say to busy booksellers

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wwnorton:

“If being sexy were a crime, you’d be guilty as Raskolnikov!”

“Excuse me, Where do you shelve John Milton? Because it looks to me like Heaven is missing an angel.”

“You’ve got amazing eyes like Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”

“Have you been working out or did you just finish reading Infinite Jest?”

“Excuse me. are you reshelving Fahrenheit 451? That must be why you’re so hot.”

“Is your shift over? ‘Cause it’s Henry Miller Time.”

Bless this post.

“Have you been reading A Streetcar Named Desire? Cuz you’re the only ten I see!”

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