Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.

So you choose him?'
'Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed us both, in a thousand different ways.' The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. 'I choose no one.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent

Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.

My sister burns, and she does not burn for you.

What's 'suitable for kids' defines what sort of kids we as a society want. And right now, the girls society wants are the ones who can fit on a short list—while the list for boys is without borders or end.