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Here’s the first thing everyone needs to understand before we proceed: Women are individuals, not male accessories. We do not exist solely to gain male approval or for some man to call our own.

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As we begin the next era of “Roaring ‘20s,” women are using the power of their inherent female sadness to fight back, following in the footsteps of the original 1920s sad girl Dorothy Parker.

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I have an idea: If anyone has a problem with my feminism, stay away from it.

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It’s hard to pull it apart, especially when it mostly gets pushed together.

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I think it’s time for me to shine the flashlight in the dark corners of my mind and talk about what I see there.

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I am a woman, so I can do anything beautifully and gracefully. 

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She wants more than a maybe and a gray area and an undefined.

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As a female, we have so many responsibilities. I believe it is our right, and we must take control of our own bodies.

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I am that woman, the one who will never, ever stay. 

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We may be fragile sometimes, but we are always strong.