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Why didn’t I have a Sex and the City-esque clique of girls to go to brunch with every Sunday, to go to music festivals with, to take to work events, to confide in? Did those kinds of friendships exist?

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The more I date, the more I think the idea of the crazy ex-girlfriend is just an urban myth.

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We are leading like women and women don’t need to stab a man in the side to take his power.

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This dude literally tried to act like it was normal that he kept his kid a secret for over a year.

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“Feminist” is a word used these days to describe strong, fearless women with a voice. It sometimes sounds like an insult or a word someone would use to bring someone down.

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“We hurt, too. We want to be told nice things, too.”

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Chivalry is the place where the cliches of damsel in distress and knight in shining armor were born. It is also the place where they should go to die. Chivalry is what I would do for people I love, friends I care for. It is not and should not be gender specific, its historical roots notwithstanding.

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“Any problems we have are largely swept under the rug ’cause we have historically ‘Had it better’ or we are expected to be ‘privileged’ enough to ‘deal with it ourselves.’”

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I will always rise.

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One day God the Father was sitting up in heaven reading The Holy Bible, and he realized how patriarchal it all was.